Canvasdl

Tired of managing your course content on 5-10 different platforms? Canvasdl comes to the rescue and saves you hours of work when studying and completing assignments. This convenient package:

• Synchronizes all your course content to local files
• Synchronizes your assignment dates to google calendar
• Shows you what items are new
• Remembers your progress through course materials
• Keeps you up to date without overwhelming you with useless notifications
• Synchronizes content available on:
  • Canvas:
    • Announcements
    • Assignments
    • Course files
    • Video recordings
  • Course websites
  • Ed Discussion
  • Google Drive
  • Piazza
  • Gradescope
• Developed for:
  • Students at Columbia University
  • Linux OS.
• Useful for any school using any of the listed platforms
• Contact developer for other OS/platforms support.

Installation

Make sure you are using python3.10+

1. Install the package

   pip install canvasdl
   

2. Obtain Canvas API key

   • Columbia University students
     • Go to Courseworks > Account > Settings
     • Click on "New Access Token"

3. [Optional] Obtain Google Calendar API key

4. [Optional] Specify custom Calendar ID

5. Configure your settings:

   canvasdl --configure

6. Install package for local file management

   • xattr
   • mediainfo

7. [Optional] Install package for UI progress during synchronization

   • python-pyqt6
   • pip install PyQt6

Usage

Run command to synchronize all content and check for updates

canvasdl

Quickstart

To quickly experiment with the package you can run the quickstart in Google Collab.