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Placements Overview
Placements are the "entry points" into an External Tool. They determine where an External Tool is visible to users.
For placement settings, go to the Tool Configuration page.
List of Supported Placements
- Account Navigation
- Assignment Edit
- Assignment Group Menu
- Assignment Index Menu
- Assignment Menu
- Assignment Selection
- Assignment View
- Collaboration
- Course Assignments Menu
- Course Home Sub Navigation
- Course Navigation
- Course Settings Sub Navigation
- Discussion Index Menu
- Discussion Topic Menu
- Editor Button
- File Index Menu
- File Menu
- Global Navigation
- Homework Submission
- Link Selection
- Migration Selection
- Module Group Menu
- Module Index Menu (Modal)
- Module Index Menu (Tray)
- Module Menu Modal
- Module Menu
- Page Index Menu
- Page Menu
- Quiz Index Menu
- Quiz Menu
- Student Context Card
- Submission Type Selection
- Sync Grades
- Tool Configuration
- Top Navigation
- User Navigation
- Resource Selection ⚠️
Account Navigation
name: account_navigation
Assignment Edit
name: assignment_edit
Assignment Group Menu
name: assignment_group_menu
Assignment Index Menu
name: assignment_index_menu
Assignment Menu
name: assignment_menu
Assignment Selection
name: assignment_selection
Assignment View
name: assignment_view
Collaboration
name: collaboration
Course Assignments Menu
name: course_assignments_menu
Course Home Sub Navigation
name: course_home_sub_navigation
Course Navigation
name: course_navigation
Course Settings Sub Navigation
name: course_settings_sub_navigation
Discussion Index Menu
name: discussion_topic_index_menu
Discussion Topic Menu
name: discussion_topic_menu
Editor Button
name: editor_button
File Index Menu
name: file_index_menu
File Menu
name: file_menu
Global Navigation
name: global_navigation
Homework Submission
name: homework_submission
Link Selection
name: link_selection
Migration Selection
name: migration_selection
Module Group Menu
name: module_group_menu
After clicking on the placement:
Module Index Menu (Modal)
name: module_index_menu_modal
Module Index Menu (Tray)
name: module_index_menu
Module Menu Modal
name: module_menu_modal
After clicking on the placement:
Module Menu
name: module_menu
Page Index Menu
name: wiki_index_menu
Page Menu
name: wiki_page_menu
Quiz Index Menu
name: quiz_index_menu
Quiz Menu
name: quiz_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.
Sync Grades
name: post_grades
Tool Configuration
name: tool_configuration
Top Navigation
name: top_navigation
User Navigation
name: user_navigation
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.