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Canvas Course Information Research Overview The CLI provides read-only access to Canvas LMS course data: assignments, pages, modules, discussions, announcements, grades, quizzes, and calendar events. This skill teaches a research workflow for answering user questions about their courses. For detailed options on any subcommand, run . Research Workflow Follow these steps when answering a Canvas-related question: Step 1: Identify the Course Note the course ID from the output. Use it with in subsequent commands. Step 2: Explore Course Structure Choose the right entry point based on the question:…

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