Student Companion app Canvas integration
Project description
Integrate actionable notifications from Canvas LMS into Microsoft Teams through configurable Adaptive Cards that students can interact with.
Context
The project revolves around the Student Companion app, an educational bolt-on created by CY2, that aims to close the gap between educational institutes and students. This application comes in the form of a Microsoft Teams application, a platform most students frequently interact with during their studies. To further increase student engagement with this application, CY2 wants to integrate other applications that students commonly use, and allow them to perform follow-up actions using the information provided by these applications. To enable this, Adaptive Cards are used.
Results
There is much more untapped potential in this project, with many more venues that could make it even more convenient for students. Although Canvas is a commonly used application by Fontys ICT students, there are many more applications, of which an integration into the Student Companion app could benefit students from both within and outside of Fontys. We have been able to create a foundation for CY2, on top of which they can continue building future integrations and additions.
About the project group
This group consists of two graduate interns that worked on this project for 40 hours a week, and five Fontys ICT students that worked 16 hours on this project as an Advanced Software Engineering group.
