Enrolling multiple Users to Course through Canvas API

[shyams]

Is there any possibility of enrolling multiple users to a course through Canvas live APIs.
If yes , How to do that ?

[jerry_nguyen · Accepted solution]

@shyams 

Yes 😀 you can use this endpoint to enroll a user to a course: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/enrollments.html#method.enrollments_api.create

There are several ways you can archive this:

• Writing a script to iterate through a list of users

The easiest to implement this script is using a Spreadsheet program (E.g. Google Sheets if you are familiar with Javascript, or Microsoft Excel using VBA)

• Using an API development tool

Tools like Postman allow you to test the API Endpoint without having to write any script.

• Low-code solution

My favorite low-code solution is an open-source software called n8n, you can follow my guide here to set it up: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Developers-Group/Automate-Canvas-with-n8n/ba-p/585337

This software allows you to create a workflow (Via a GUI interface) with multiple actions (E.g Input a CSV with a list of users -> iterate through the list -> call the API endpoint to enroll users)

Please let me know if you need help with any of the above methods.

[jerry_nguyen · Accepted solution]

@shyams 

Yes 😀 you can use this endpoint to enroll a user to a course: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/enrollments.html#method.enrollments_api.create

There are several ways you can archive this:

• Writing a script to iterate through a list of users

The easiest to implement this script is using a Spreadsheet program (E.g. Google Sheets if you are familiar with Javascript, or Microsoft Excel using VBA)

• Using an API development tool

Tools like Postman allow you to test the API Endpoint without having to write any script.

• Low-code solution

My favorite low-code solution is an open-source software called n8n, you can follow my guide here to set it up: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Developers-Group/Automate-Canvas-with-n8n/ba-p/585337

This software allows you to create a workflow (Via a GUI interface) with multiple actions (E.g Input a CSV with a list of users -> iterate through the list -> call the API endpoint to enroll users)

Please let me know if you need help with any of the above methods.

[shyams]

 https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/enrollments.html#method.enrollments_api.create

By using this endpoint , I can able to enroll only one user..Here my usecase is I need to enroll multiple users to a course by using Canvas API ?

[jerry_nguyen · Accepted solution]

@shyams 

You will need to make multiple API calls to that endpoint. This is achievable by writing a script to iterate through a list of users, or using a low-code solution as I've described above.

Another way to bulk enroll users is to do an SIS Import through Canvas UI