2 .Dt NCI-CREATE-ASSIGNMENT 1
5 .Nm nci-create-assignment
6 .Nd Create a new assignment in a Canvas installation
25 connects to a Canvas installation as described at
27 and creates an assignment with the given parameters. If successful,
28 the id of the created assignment will be printed.
30 Canvas supports many, many options for assignments. This program
31 always uses the following options:
43 the assignment will not be a group assignment,
54 .Pq no notifications about creation of this assignment will be sent .
62 .Xr nci-list-courses 1 .
64 Set the name of the new assignment.
66 Set the maximum points
67 .Pq floating point allowed
68 for this assignment, although when entering grades, numbers above this
69 value can be entered, representing extra credit.
72 .Pq which must be in ISO 8601 format
73 at which this assignment will be shown as due.
75 Set the assignment group to which this assignment is associated. If
76 not specified, Canvas will pick a group.
79 .Dl % nci-create-assignment -c 1187637 -g 1560872 -n "HW 01" -m 10 -d 2020-09-04T12:00:00
83 .Xr nci-list-courses 1
85 .An S. Gilles Aq Mt sgilles@math.umd.edu