parsa-rajabi/canvas-submission-extractor

a python script used to extract a group of student submissions from a file containing all the submissions.

Canvas Submission Extractor

About

This script looks up student Canvas IDs from a file and copy submission files with names having each ID as a substring. Useful for CMPT 120 TAs to extract submissions for the group they are marking.

Steps:

1. download it to a directory (best if there is nothing else in it)
2. download the group assignment (Refer to below on how to do so), rename it to For Marking Purposes Only.csv
3. download the submissions, unzip them, put them in a directory called submissions (note all lowercase) next to the script
4. open the script with IDLE, update line 15 to match with the group you are marking
5. run the script, a directory with the group name will be created and all the files that needed to be marked will be copied there

How to Download Group CSV + Submissions

Submissions

Option A

1. Canvas Course
2. Assignment
3. Find exercise that needs to be marked
4. Select "Download Submission" from the bar on the right
5. Extract zip file into a new folder
6. Rename folder to submissions

Option B

1. Canvas Course
2. Grade
3. Find exercise that needs to be marked
4. Select the triple dots beside it (screen below)
5. Select "Download Submission"
6. Extract zip file into a new folder
7. Rename folder to submissions

Group CSV

1. Canvas Course side bar
2. People
3. Select the group tab "For Marking Purposes Only"
4. Select "+ Import"
5. Download Course Roster CVS from the bottom
6. Rename it to For Marking Purposes Only.csv

Run Script

1. Open up terminal or any other Python IDE.
2. python3 SubmissionExtractor.py
3. Follow prompts

Errors

• Make sure your CVS file is renamed properly
• Make sure you don't have any marking group folders

Credits

• Author: Dr. Victor Cheung
• Documenattion + Updates: Parsa Rajabi