{"id":6350,"date":"2020-01-07T17:07:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T17:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/?p=6350"},"modified":"2020-01-07T17:15:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T17:15:45","slug":"linking-directly-to-an-individual-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/2020\/01\/linking-directly-to-an-individual-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Linking Directly to an Individual Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is possible to link directly to an individual assignment in WebLearn, however, this facility isn’t directly available in the user interface so I thought I’d present a relatively easy “recipe” on how to get hold of the link.<\/p>\n

Step One – locate the Site ID<\/h2>\n

Navigate to the site which contains the assignment and click on\u00a0Site Info, <\/em>copy\u00a0the site ID which is the last part of the\u00a0Site URL<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Step Two – get a list of assignment reference IDs<\/h2>\n

Use the site ID in the following URL<\/p>\n

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<\/small>https:\/\/weblearn.ox.ac.uk\/direct\/assignment\/site\/[[site ID]]<\/span><\/em>.json<\/small>\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
for example<\/p>\n
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<\/small>....\/direct\/assignment\/site\/cc2c88fe-a0fe-44d6-0046-89493362b2aa.json<\/small>\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
This will return a slew of JSON which will include the all-important assignment ID (or entityId<\/tt>\u00a0in Sakai terminology) for each assignment on the site – this will include unpublished (draft) and completed assignments.<\/p>\n
Search for the assignment title (use CTRL-F in the browser). Once the title has been located, copy the associated\u00a0entityId<\/tt>. The ID is the alphanumeric string between the quotes (starting “26a266….” in the example)<\/p>\n
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Step Three – retrieve a\u00a0“view” deep link<\/h2>\n
Use the entity ID in the following URL<\/p>\n
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<\/small>https:\/\/weblearn.ox.ac.uk\/direct\/assignment\/deepLink\/assignment\/[[assignment id]]<\/em><\/span>.json<\/small>\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
for example<\/p>\n
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<\/small>....\/direct\/assignment\/deepLink\/assignment\/26a266ab-f7ac-4e0b-af36-c89709b0f4af.json<\/small><\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
This will return a further slew of JSON which (more or less) contains the “magic” deep link URL, the “assignmentURL”. Copy this URL.<\/p>\n
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Step Four – remove backslash characters<\/h2>\n
Unfortunately you need\u00a0to edit the URL in order to remove all the “\\” characters. It’s probably easiest to do this whilst you are adding the URL to your Canvas page.<\/p>\n
Step Five – construct a deep link which will allow submission<\/h2>\n
The URL from Step Fouris almost ready for use but needs one minor edit right at the very end of the URL.<\/p>\n
The very last part of the URL needs changing from<\/p>\n
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doView_assignment\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
to<\/p>\n
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doView_submission\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The URL will now look like this<\/p>\n
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You are now free to embed this on a Canvas page, when clicked, the student will see the assignment in WebLearn.<\/p>\n
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