How to customize a page based on student data

[kelleyk2]

I would like to customize my front page based on student data. In particular, I would like to have a table of modules, with the color of each cell indicating whether a student has completed the module or not. In the course, the student's final grades are based entirely on which modules they have completed, so being able to present this information to them in a concise way on the front page of the course would be ideal.

I know how to obtain the data I need from the API using jQuery, and I know how modify the color of a cell using javascript. The problem is that (for good reason) any scripting I add to a page is stripped out.

From what I've been able to dig up on these forums, there may be a way that an account admin can enable me to include custom scripting on my page. I've tried contacting our technology folks on campus, but they don't seem to know how to make this happen.

My plea to the community is this:

(1) If it *is* possible for an admin to allow a teacher to include javascript on a page, how do they go about doing that? Searches I've made so far haven't turned up any great information, and it would be nice to have a "how-to" ready to pass on to the admins.

(2) Is there some other way of accessing the API data to customize, on a per-student basis, the content of a page?

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello @kelleyk2 ...

I don't have direct answers to your questions, but I do have a couple questions of my own for you...

1. Have you considered letting students mark module items as done for module requirements?  Here is a student Guide that talks more about this:
   • How do I mark a module item as done for a module requirement?
   • From the instructor side, these two Guides might be of help:
     • How do I add requirements to a module?
     • How do I use modules to view the progress of students in a course?
2. Have you taken a look at the HTML allowlist document?  This document lays out what HTML is allowed in content pages.  Anything that is not allowed is, as you've seen, stripped out.
   • Canvas HTML Editor Allowlist

I hope these resources will be of some help to you.  Sing out if you have any questions...thanks!