Enrollments

API for creating and viewing course enrollments

A Grade object looks like:

{
  // The URL to the Canvas web UI page for the user's grades, if this is a student
  // enrollment.
  "html_url": "",
  // The user's current grade in the class. Only included if user has permissions
  // to view this grade.
  "current_grade": "",
  // The user's final grade for the class. Only included if user has permissions
  // to view this grade.
  "final_grade": "",
  // The user's current score in the class. Only included if user has permissions
  // to view this score.
  "current_score": "",
  // The user's final score for the class. Only included if user has permissions
  // to view this score.
  "final_score": "",
  // The total points the user has earned in the class. Only included if user has
  // permissions to view this score and 'current_points' is passed in the
  // request's 'include' parameter.
  "current_points": 150,
  // The user's current grade in the class including muted/unposted assignments.
  // Only included if user has permissions to view this grade, typically teachers,
  // TAs, and admins.
  "unposted_current_grade": "",
  // The user's final grade for the class including muted/unposted assignments.
  // Only included if user has permissions to view this grade, typically teachers,
  // TAs, and admins..
  "unposted_final_grade": "",
  // The user's current score in the class including muted/unposted assignments.
  // Only included if user has permissions to view this score, typically teachers,
  // TAs, and admins..
  "unposted_current_score": "",
  // The user's final score for the class including muted/unposted assignments.
  // Only included if user has permissions to view this score, typically teachers,
  // TAs, and admins..
  "unposted_final_score": "",
  // The total points the user has earned in the class, including muted/unposted
  // assignments. Only included if user has permissions to view this score
  // (typically teachers, TAs, and admins) and 'current_points' is passed in the
  // request's 'include' parameter.
  "unposted_current_points": 150
}

An Enrollment object looks like:

{
  // The ID of the enrollment.
  "id": 1,
  // The unique id of the course.
  "course_id": 1,
  // The SIS Course ID in which the enrollment is associated. Only displayed if
  // present. This field is only included if the user has permission to view SIS
  // information.
  "sis_course_id": "SHEL93921",
  // The Course Integration ID in which the enrollment is associated. This field
  // is only included if the user has permission to view SIS information.
  "course_integration_id": "SHEL93921",
  // The unique id of the user's section.
  "course_section_id": 1,
  // The Section Integration ID in which the enrollment is associated. This field
  // is only included if the user has permission to view SIS information.
  "section_integration_id": "SHEL93921",
  // The SIS Account ID in which the enrollment is associated. Only displayed if
  // present. This field is only included if the user has permission to view SIS
  // information.
  "sis_account_id": "SHEL93921",
  // The SIS Section ID in which the enrollment is associated. Only displayed if
  // present. This field is only included if the user has permission to view SIS
  // information.
  "sis_section_id": "SHEL93921",
  // The SIS User ID in which the enrollment is associated. Only displayed if
  // present. This field is only included if the user has permission to view SIS
  // information.
  "sis_user_id": "SHEL93921",
  // The state of the user's enrollment in the course.
  "enrollment_state": "active",
  // User can only access his or her own course section.
  "limit_privileges_to_course_section": true,
  // The unique identifier for the SIS import. This field is only included if the
  // user has permission to manage SIS information.
  "sis_import_id": 83,
  // The unique id of the user's account.
  "root_account_id": 1,
  // The enrollment type. One of 'StudentEnrollment', 'TeacherEnrollment',
  // 'TaEnrollment', 'DesignerEnrollment', 'ObserverEnrollment'.
  "type": "StudentEnrollment",
  // The unique id of the user.
  "user_id": 1,
  // The unique id of the associated user. Will be null unless type is
  // ObserverEnrollment.
  "associated_user_id": null,
  // The enrollment role, for course-level permissions. This field will match
  // `type` if the enrollment role has not been customized.
  "role": "StudentEnrollment",
  // The id of the enrollment role.
  "role_id": 1,
  // The created time of the enrollment, in ISO8601 format.
  "created_at": "2012-04-18T23:08:51Z",
  // The updated time of the enrollment, in ISO8601 format.
  "updated_at": "2012-04-18T23:08:51Z",
  // The start time of the enrollment, in ISO8601 format.
  "start_at": "2012-04-18T23:08:51Z",
  // The end time of the enrollment, in ISO8601 format.
  "end_at": "2012-04-18T23:08:51Z",
  // The last activity time of the user for the enrollment, in ISO8601 format.
  "last_activity_at": "2012-04-18T23:08:51Z",
  // The last attended date of the user for the enrollment in a course, in ISO8601
  // format.
  "last_attended_at": "2012-04-18T23:08:51Z",
  // The total activity time of the user for the enrollment, in seconds.
  "total_activity_time": 260,
  // The URL to the Canvas web UI page for this course enrollment.
  "html_url": "https://...",
  // The URL to the Canvas web UI page containing the grades associated with this
  // enrollment.
  "grades": {"html_url":"https:\/\/...","current_score":35,"current_grade":null,"final_score":6.67,"final_grade":null},
  // A description of the user.
  "user": {"id":3,"name":"Student 1","sortable_name":"1, Student","short_name":"Stud 1"},
  // The user's override grade for the course.
  "override_grade": "A",
  // The user's override score for the course.
  "override_score": 99.99,
  // The user's current grade in the class including muted/unposted assignments.
  // Only included if user has permissions to view this grade, typically teachers,
  // TAs, and admins.
  "unposted_current_grade": "",
  // The user's final grade for the class including muted/unposted assignments.
  // Only included if user has permissions to view this grade, typically teachers,
  // TAs, and admins..
  "unposted_final_grade": "",
  // The user's current score in the class including muted/unposted assignments.
  // Only included if user has permissions to view this score, typically teachers,
  // TAs, and admins..
  "unposted_current_score": "",
  // The user's final score for the class including muted/unposted assignments.
  // Only included if user has permissions to view this score, typically teachers,
  // TAs, and admins..
  "unposted_final_score": "",
  // optional: Indicates whether the course the enrollment belongs to has grading
  // periods set up. (applies only to student enrollments, and only available in
  // course endpoints)
  "has_grading_periods": true,
  // optional: Indicates whether the course the enrollment belongs to has the
  // Display Totals for 'All Grading Periods' feature enabled. (applies only to
  // student enrollments, and only available in course endpoints)
  "totals_for_all_grading_periods_option": true,
  // optional: The name of the currently active grading period, if one exists. If
  // the course the enrollment belongs to does not have grading periods, or if no
  // currently active grading period exists, the value will be null. (applies only
  // to student enrollments, and only available in course endpoints)
  "current_grading_period_title": "Fall Grading Period",
  // optional: The id of the currently active grading period, if one exists. If
  // the course the enrollment belongs to does not have grading periods, or if no
  // currently active grading period exists, the value will be null. (applies only
  // to student enrollments, and only available in course endpoints)
  "current_grading_period_id": 5,
  // The user's override grade for the current grading period.
  "current_period_override_grade": "A",
  // The user's override score for the current grading period.
  "current_period_override_score": 99.99,
  // optional: The student's score in the course for the current grading period,
  // including muted/unposted assignments. Only included if user has permission to
  // view this score, typically teachers, TAs, and admins. If the course the
  // enrollment belongs to does not have grading periods, or if no currently
  // active grading period exists, the value will be null. (applies only to
  // student enrollments, and only available in course endpoints)
  "current_period_unposted_current_score": 95.8,
  // optional: The student's score in the course for the current grading period,
  // including muted/unposted assignments and including ungraded assignments with
  // a score of 0. Only included if user has permission to view this score,
  // typically teachers, TAs, and admins. If the course the enrollment belongs to
  // does not have grading periods, or if no currently active grading period
  // exists, the value will be null. (applies only to student enrollments, and
  // only available in course endpoints)
  "current_period_unposted_final_score": 85.25,
  // optional: The letter grade equivalent of
  // current_period_unposted_current_score, if available. Only included if user
  // has permission to view this grade, typically teachers, TAs, and admins. If
  // the course the enrollment belongs to does not have grading periods, or if no
  // currently active grading period exists, the value will be null. (applies only
  // to student enrollments, and only available in course endpoints)
  "current_period_unposted_current_grade": "A",
  // optional: The letter grade equivalent of current_period_unposted_final_score,
  // if available. Only included if user has permission to view this grade,
  // typically teachers, TAs, and admins. If the course the enrollment belongs to
  // does not have grading periods, or if no currently active grading period
  // exists, the value will be null. (applies only to student enrollments, and
  // only available in course endpoints)
  "current_period_unposted_final_grade": "B"
}

List enrollments

EnrollmentsApiController#index

GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments

GET /api/v1/sections/:section_id/enrollments

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/sections/:section_id/enrollments

GET /api/v1/users/:user_id/enrollments

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/users/:user_id/enrollments

Depending on the URL given, return a paginated list of either (1) all of the enrollments in a course, (2) all of the enrollments in a section or (3) all of a user's enrollments. This includes student, teacher, TA, and observer enrollments.

If a user has multiple enrollments in a context (e.g. as a teacher and a student or in multiple course sections), each enrollment will be listed separately.

note: Currently, only a root level admin user can return other users' enrollments. A user can, however, return his/her own enrollments.

Enrollments scoped to a course context will include inactive states by default if the caller has account admin authorization and the state[] parameter is omitted.

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
type[]	string	A list of enrollment types to return. Accepted values are 'StudentEnrollment', 'TeacherEnrollment', 'TaEnrollment', 'DesignerEnrollment', and 'ObserverEnrollment.' If omitted, all enrollment types are returned. This argument is ignored if role is given.
role[]	string	A list of enrollment roles to return. Accepted values include course-level roles created by the Add Role API as well as the base enrollment types accepted by the type argument above.
state[]	string	Filter by enrollment state. If omitted, 'active' and 'invited' enrollments are returned. The following synthetic states are supported only when querying a user's enrollments (either via user_id argument or via user enrollments endpoint): +current_and_invited+, +current_and_future+, +current_future_and_restricted+, +current_and_concluded+ Allowed values: active, invited, creation_pending, deleted, rejected, completed, inactive, current_and_invited, current_and_future, current_future_and_restricted, current_and_concluded
include[]	string	Array of additional information to include on the enrollment or user records. "avatar_url" and "group_ids" will be returned on the user record. If "current_points" is specified, the fields "current_points" and (if the caller has permissions to manage grades) "unposted_current_points" will be included in the "grades" hash for student enrollments. Allowed values: avatar_url, group_ids, locked, observed_users, can_be_removed, uuid, current_points
user_id	string	Filter by user_id (only valid for course or section enrollment queries). If set to the current user's id, this is a way to determine if the user has any enrollments in the course or section, independent of whether the user has permission to view other people on the roster.
grading_period_id	integer	Return grades for the given grading_period. If this parameter is not specified, the returned grades will be for the whole course.
enrollment_term_id	integer	Returns only enrollments for the specified enrollment term. This parameter only applies to the user enrollments path. May pass the ID from the enrollment terms api or the SIS id prepended with 'sis_term_id:'.
sis_account_id[]	string	Returns only enrollments for the specified SIS account ID(s). Does not look into sub_accounts. May pass in array or string.
sis_course_id[]	string	Returns only enrollments matching the specified SIS course ID(s). May pass in array or string.
sis_section_id[]	string	Returns only section enrollments matching the specified SIS section ID(s). May pass in array or string.
sis_user_id[]	string	Returns only enrollments for the specified SIS user ID(s). May pass in array or string.
created_for_sis_id[]	boolean	If sis_user_id is present and created_for_sis_id is true, Returns only enrollments for the specified SIS ID(s). If a user has two sis_id's, one enrollment may be created using one of the two ids. This would limit the enrollments returned from the endpoint to enrollments that were created from a sis_import with that sis_user_id

Returns a list of Enrollment objects.

Enrollment by ID

EnrollmentsApiController#show

GET /api/v1/accounts/:account_id/enrollments/:id

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/enrollments/:id

Get an Enrollment object by Enrollment ID

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
id	Required integer	The ID of the enrollment object

Returns an Enrollment object.

Enroll a user

EnrollmentsApiController#create

POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments

POST /api/v1/sections/:section_id/enrollments

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/sections/:section_id/enrollments

Create a new user enrollment for a course or section.

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
enrollment[start_at]	DateTime	The start time of the enrollment, in ISO8601 format. e.g. 2012-04-18T23:08:51Z
enrollment[end_at]	DateTime	The end time of the enrollment, in ISO8601 format. e.g. 2012-04-18T23:08:51Z
enrollment[user_id]	Required string	The ID of the user to be enrolled in the course.
enrollment[type]	Required string	Enroll the user as a student, teacher, TA, observer, or designer. If no value is given, the type will be inferred by +enrollment[role]+ if supplied, otherwise 'StudentEnrollment' will be used. Allowed values: StudentEnrollment, TeacherEnrollment, TaEnrollment, ObserverEnrollment, DesignerEnrollment
enrollment[role]	Deprecated	Assigns a custom course-level role to the user.
enrollment[role_id]	integer	Assigns a custom course-level role to the user.
enrollment[enrollment_state]	string	If set to 'active,' student will be immediately enrolled in the course. Otherwise they will be required to accept a course invitation. Default is 'invited.'. If set to 'inactive', student will be listed in the course roster for teachers, but will not be able to participate in the course until their enrollment is activated. Allowed values: active, invited, inactive
enrollment[course_section_id]	integer	The ID of the course section to enroll the student in. If the section-specific URL is used, this argument is redundant and will be ignored.
enrollment[limit_privileges_to_course_section]	boolean	If set, the enrollment will only allow the user to see and interact with users enrolled in the section given by course_section_id. * For teachers and TAs, this includes grading privileges. * Section-limited students will not see any users (including teachers and TAs) not enrolled in their sections. * Users may have other enrollments that grant privileges to multiple sections in the same course.
enrollment[notify]	boolean	If true, a notification will be sent to the enrolled user. Notifications are not sent by default.
enrollment[self_enrollment_code]	string	If the current user is not allowed to manage enrollments in this course, but the course allows self-enrollment, the user can self- enroll as a student in the default section by passing in a valid code. When self-enrolling, the user_id must be 'self'. The enrollment_state will be set to 'active' and all other arguments will be ignored.
enrollment[self_enrolled]	boolean	If true, marks the enrollment as a self-enrollment, which gives students the ability to drop the course if desired. Defaults to false.
enrollment[associated_user_id]	integer	For an observer enrollment, the ID of a student to observe. This is a one-off operation; to automatically observe all a student's enrollments (for example, as a parent), please use the User Observees API.
enrollment[sis_user_id]	string	Required if the user is being enrolled from another trusted account. The unique identifier for the user (sis_user_id) must also be accompanied by the root_account parameter. The user_id will be ignored.
enrollment[integration_id]	string	Required if the user is being enrolled from another trusted account. The unique identifier for the user (integration_id) must also be accompanied by the root_account parameter. The user_id will be ignored.
root_account	string	The domain of the account to search for the user. Will be a no-op unless the sis_user_id or integration_id parameter is also included.

Example Request:

curl https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments \
  -X POST \
  -F 'enrollment[user_id]=1' \
  -F 'enrollment[type]=StudentEnrollment' \
  -F 'enrollment[enrollment_state]=active' \
  -F 'enrollment[course_section_id]=1' \
  -F 'enrollment[limit_privileges_to_course_section]=true' \
  -F 'enrollment[notify]=false'

curl https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments \
  -X POST \
  -F 'enrollment[user_id]=2' \
  -F 'enrollment[type]=StudentEnrollment'

Returns an Enrollment object.

Enroll multiple users to one or more courses

EnrollmentsApiController#bulk_enrollment

POST /api/v1/accounts/:account_id/bulk_enrollment

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/bulk_enrollment

Enrolls multiple users in one or more courses in a single operation.

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
user_ids[]	Required integer	The user IDs to enroll in the courses.
course_ids[]	Required integer	The course IDs to enroll each user in.
enrollment_type	string	Enroll each user as a student, teacher, TA, observer, or designer. If no value is given, the type will be 'StudentEnrollment'. Allowed values: StudentEnrollment, TeacherEnrollment, TaEnrollment, ObserverEnrollment, DesignerEnrollment
enrollment_role_id	integer	Optional custom course-level role id to apply to created enrollments.
start_at	DateTime	The start time of every created enrollment, in ISO8601 format. e.g. 2012-04-18T23:08:51Z. When provided, applies to all enrollments in the bulk creation.
end_at	DateTime	The end time of every created enrollment, in ISO8601 format. e.g. 2012-04-18T23:08:51Z. When provided, applies to all enrollments in the bulk creation.

Example Request:

curl https://<canvas>/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/bulk_enrollment \
  -X POST \
  -F 'user_ids[]=1' \
  -F 'user_ids[]=2' \
  -F 'course_ids[]=10' \
  -F 'course_ids[]=11'

curl https://<canvas>/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/bulk_enrollment \
  -X POST \
  -F 'user_ids[]=1' \
  -F 'course_ids[]=10' \
  -F 'course_ids[]=11' \
  -F 'course_ids[]=12' \
  -F 'enrollment_type=TeacherEnrollment' \
  -F 'start_at=2026-03-01T07:00:00Z' \
  -F 'end_at=2026-06-05T07:00:00Z'

Returns a Progress object.

Conclude, deactivate, or delete an enrollment

EnrollmentsApiController#destroy

DELETE /api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments/:id

Scope: url:DELETE|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments/:id

Conclude, deactivate, or delete an enrollment. If the +task+ argument isn't given, the enrollment will be concluded.

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
task	string	The action to take on the enrollment. When inactive, a user will still appear in the course roster to admins, but be unable to participate. ("inactivate" and "deactivate" are equivalent tasks) Allowed values: conclude, delete, inactivate, deactivate

Example Request:

curl https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments/:enrollment_id \
  -X DELETE \
  -F 'task=conclude'

Returns an Enrollment object.

Accept Course Invitation

EnrollmentsApiController#accept

POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments/:id/accept

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments/:id/accept

accepts a pending course invitation for the current user

Example Request:

curl https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/<course_id>/enrollments/:id/accept \
  -X POST \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

Example Response:

{
  "success": true
}

Reject Course Invitation

EnrollmentsApiController#reject

POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments/:id/reject

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments/:id/reject

rejects a pending course invitation for the current user

Example Request:

curl https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/<course_id>/enrollments/:id/reject \
  -X POST \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

Example Response:

{
  "success": true
}

Re-activate an enrollment

EnrollmentsApiController#reactivate

PUT /api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments/:id/reactivate

Scope: url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments/:id/reactivate

Activates an inactive enrollment

Example Request:

curl https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments/:enrollment_id/reactivate \
  -X PUT

Returns an Enrollment object.

Add last attended date

EnrollmentsApiController#last_attended

PUT /api/v1/courses/:course_id/users/:user_id/last_attended

Scope: url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/users/:user_id/last_attended

Add last attended date to student enrollment in course

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
date	Date	The last attended date of a student enrollment in a course.

Example Request:

curl https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/:course_id/user/:user_id/last_attended"
  -X PUT => date="Thu%20Dec%2021%202017%2000:00:00%20GMT-0700%20(MST)

Returns an Enrollment object.

Show Temporary Enrollment recipient and provider status

EnrollmentsApiController#show_temporary_enrollment_status

BETA: This API endpoint is not finalized, and there could be breaking changes before its final release.

GET /api/v1/users/:user_id/temporary_enrollment_status

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/users/:user_id/temporary_enrollment_status

Returns a JSON Object containing the temporary enrollment status for a user.

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
account_id	string	The ID of the account to check for temporary enrollment status. Defaults to the domain root account if not provided.

Example Response:

{
  "is_provider": false, "is_recipient": true, "can_provide": false
}

Bulk Temporary Enrollment Status

EnrollmentsApiController#bulk_temporary_enrollment_status

GET /api/v1/temporary_enrollment_status

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/temporary_enrollment_status

Returns temporary enrollment statuses for multiple users at once.

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
user_ids[]	Required string	The IDs of the users to check temporary enrollment status for.
account_id	string	The ID of the account to scope the check to.
limit	integer	The maximum number of user IDs to process. Defaults to 10, max 100.

Example Response:

{
  "53": { "is_provider": false, "is_recipient": false, "can_provide": true },
  "54": { "is_provider": true, "is_recipient": false, "can_provide": true }
}

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