Placements Overview
Placements are the "entry points" into an External Tool. They determine where an External Tool is visible to users.
List of Supported Placements
- Global Navigation
- Account Navigation
- User Navigation
- Course Navigation
- Editor Button
- Assignment Edit
- Assignment Selection
- Assignment View
- Assignment Menu
- Assignments Index Menu
- Assignments Group Menu
- Homework Submission
- Collaboration
- Course Home Sub Navigation
- Course Assignments Menu
- Course Settings Sub Navigation
- Discussion Topic Menu
- Discussions Index Menu
- File Menu
- Files Index Menu
- Link Selection
- Migration Selection
- Modules Index Menu (Tray)
- Modules Index Menu (Modal)
- Module Menu
- Module Group Menu
- Module Menu Modal
- Sync Grades
- Quiz Menu
- Quizzes Index Menu
- Student Context Card
- Submission Type Selection
- Tool Configuration
- Page Menu
- Pages Index Menu
- Top Navigation
- Resource Selection ⚠️
Global Navigation
name: global_navigation
Account Navigation
name: account_navigation
User Navigation
name: user_navigation
Course Navigation
name: course_navigation
Editor Button
name: editor_button
Assignment Edit
name: assignment_edit
Assignment Selection
name: assignment_selection
Assignment View
name: assignment_view
Homework Submission
name: homework_submission
Assignment Menu
name: assignment_menu
Assignments Index Menu
name: assignment_index_menu
Assignments Group Menu
name: assignment_group_menu
Collaboration
name: collaboration
Course Assignments Menu
name: course_assignments_menu
Course Home Sub Navigation
name: course_home_sub_navigation
Course Settings Sub Navigation
name: course_settings_sub_navigation
Discussion Topic Menu
name: discussion_topic_menu
Discussions Index Menu
name: discussion_topic_index_menu
File Menu
name: file_menu
Files Index Menu
name: file_index_menu
Link Selection
name: link_selection
Migration Selection
name: migration_selection
Modules Index Menu (Tray)
name: module_index_menu
Modules Index Menu (Modal)
name: module_index_menu_modal
Module Menu
name: module_menu
Module Group Menu
name: module_group_menu
After clicking on the placement:
Module Menu Modal
name: module_menu_modal
After clicking on the placement:
Sync Grades
name: post_grades
Quiz Menu
name: quiz_menu
Quizzes Index Menu
name: quiz_index_menu
Student Context Card
name: student_context_card
Submission Type Selection
name: submission_type_selection
This is a restricted placement, contact your CSM (Customers) or Developer Relations (Partners) for more information.
Tool Configuration
name: tool_configuration
Page Menu
name: wiki_page_menu
Pages Index Menu
name: wiki_index_menu
Top Navigation
name: top_navigation
This is a restricted placement, contact your CSM (Customers) or Developer Relations (Partners) for more information.
Resource Selection
name: resource_selection ⚠️
This is a placement that once was the default for 1.1 tools, and was one of the very first placements for Canvas. It makes the tool show up both in - assignment_selection and link_selection (new module item), but is deprecated now.
For 1.3 tools using this placement we highly recommend to use assignment_selection or link_selection instead! You can read about those in details here and here.