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canvas overrides

canvas overrides

Manage Canvas assignment overrides

Synopsis

Manage Canvas assignment overrides for extending or modifying due dates.

Assignment overrides allow you to give specific students, sections, or groups different due dates, availability dates, or other assignment settings.

Examples:

canvas overrides list --course-id 123 --assignment-id 456
canvas overrides get 789 --course-id 123 --assignment-id 456
canvas overrides create --course-id 123 --assignment-id 456 --section-id 100 --due-at "2024-03-15T23:59:00Z"

Options

  -h, --help   help for overrides

Options inherited from parent commands

      --as-user int       Masquerade as another user (admin feature, requires permission)
      --columns strings   Select specific columns to display (comma-separated)
      --config string     config file (default is $HOME/.canvas-cli/config.yaml)
      --dry-run           Print curl commands instead of executing requests
      --filter string     Filter results by text (case-insensitive substring match)
      --instance string   Canvas instance URL (overrides config)
      --limit int         Limit number of results for list operations (0 = unlimited)
      --no-cache          Disable caching of API responses
  -o, --output string     Output format: table, json, yaml, csv (default "table")
      --show-token        Show actual token in dry-run output (default: redacted)
      --sort string       Sort results by field (prefix with - for descending, e.g., -name)
  -v, --verbose           Enable verbose output

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