def creat_new_assignment(reference_assignment: canvasapi.assignment,
course: canvasapi.canvas.Course,
students_dict: typing.Dict[int, Student],
assignment_group_id):
"""
--creates a new assignment inside the course
:param reference_assignment: the new assignment inherits its name from the refrence assignment
:param course: the course in which the assignment is created
:param students_dict: student's dictionary is used to generate grades and upload the the new assignment
:param assignment_group_id
:side effects: the new assignment will not show up in the assignments view until the view is updated
"""
assignment = {}
name = ("Peer Review For " + reference_assignment.name)
number_of_times_name_used = 0
assignments = course.get_assignments()
for a in assignments:
if name in a.name:
number_of_times_name_used = number_of_times_name_used + 1
if number_of_times_name_used > 0:
name = ("Peer Review For " + reference_assignment.name
) + "(" + str(number_of_times_name_used) + ")"
assignment['name'] = name
assignment['published'] = True
assignment['points_possible'] = 100
assignment['grading_type'] = "percent"
assignment['assignment_group_id'] = assignment_group_id
new_assignment = course.create_assignment(assignment)
new_assignment.submissions_bulk_update(
grade_data=make_grade_dictionary(students_dict))
def extract_assignments(c: canvasapi.canvas.Course):
for ass in c.get_assignments():
# `ass.description` might be outdated so we have to make a separate request
html_to_parse = c.get_assignment(ass.id).description
if html_to_parse is None:
continue
# Sometimes file links might be broken, sometimes the Canvas API just returns nonsense
# yield from map(c.get_file, extract_file_ids(html_to_parse))
yield from file_extractor(c, extract_file_ids(html_to_parse))
def get_assignments(course: canvasapi.canvas.Course) -> [canvasapi.assignment]:
"""
:param course: canvas course object
:return: a list of canvas assignment objects
"""
return course.get_assignments()