Instructure (instructure)

Instructure is an EdTech company best known for Canvas LMS, a widely adopted learning management system used by thousands of educational institutions and organizations worldwide. The platform provides a comprehensive REST API and GraphQL API enabling developers to programmatically access and manage courses, enrollments, assignments, grades, discussions, and institutional data. Instructure also offers the Data Access Platform (DAP) for bulk data queries, New Quizzes API, Canvas Studio API, and support for LTI 1.3 integrations. Authentication is handled via OAuth2 with per-token dynamic rate limiting, and all API responses are returned in JSON over HTTPS.

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Tags

EdTech, Education, LMS, Canvas, Courses, Enrollments, Assignments, Grades, Discussions, GraphQL, LTI, Learning Management

APIs

Name	Description
Canvas LMS REST API	Full REST API for courses, enrollments, assignments, grades, users, groups, modules, discussions, sections, and institutional management
Canvas GraphQL API	Flexible GraphQL query interface for Canvas LMS data with Relay Object Identification and interactive GraphiQL browser
Data Access Platform (DAP) API	Bulk data query API for Canvas data supporting analytics, reporting, and data warehousing use cases
Canvas LTI 1.3 API	Learning Tools Interoperability 1.3 integration support including deep linking, Names and Roles Provisioning, and Assignment and Grades services
Canvas Studio API	Programmatic access to the Canvas Studio video and media platform

Plans, Rate Limits, and FinOps

Resource	File
Plans and Pricing	plans/instructure-plans-pricing.yml
Rate Limits	rate-limits/instructure-rate-limits.yml
FinOps	finops/instructure-finops.yml

Timestamps

Field	Value
Created	2026-06-13
Modified	2026-06-13

Common

Type	URL
Website	https://www.instructure.com
Documentation	https://developerdocs.instructure.com/
GitHub Org	https://github.com/instructure
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/company/instructure
Blog	https://www.instructure.com/resources/blog
Pricing	https://www.instructure.com/canvas/pricing
Status Page	https://status.instructure.com/
X	https://x.com/instructure

Maintainers

Name	Email
Kin Lane	kin@apievangelist.com