CD2: course workflow states

[IanGoh]

Now that I have some CD2 data, I'm trying to understand it.

Maybe this is old hat to the CD1 folk.  But as I look at the Courses workflow_state they seem to be different than the API workflow_state

API

• available
• completed
• deleted
• unpublished

CD2

• available
• created
• claimed
• completed
• deleted
•  

Is there a mapping of workflow states, e.g., available (API)  = available (CD1/CD2) ?

TIA

[IanGoh]

Seems both claimed/created == unpublished?  If so, what's the distinction between claimed and created?

[IanGoh]

and "__dap_unspecified__" ?

[agschmid]

I believe "claimed" means unpublished, but there is an instructor in the course, while "created" is also unpublished, but there is no instructor in the course. A quick way to check this is to also get a section count for a course, and if there are 0 sections, there won't be an instructor, if I remember right. Canvas data may show a section count of 1 and created at times, but if you then look at the course or use the API, there'll be no sections. Since Canvas data is always behind, I use the API for any discrepancies.

Note: this is using CD1

[jperkins · Accepted solution]

This is mostly correct. Claimed means there is an active "admin" enrollment in the course (enrollments based on Teacher / TA / Designer base roles) and the course is still unpublished. Created means that the course is unpublished but there is no active "admin" enrollment in the course. Enrollments are always associated to a section, so no sections will mean no enrollments at all. It may be possible to have a created workflow_state with sections if only students are enrolled and the course is still unpublished.

Also, the greatly improved freshness of the data in Canvas Data 2 should hopefully reduce the need to use the API to resolve such discrepancies.