DuckyHelper in Canvas

DuckyHelper sees Canvas on your screen and, in early access, works in it with its own cursor to manage courses and modules, create assignments and quizzes, grade submissions, run discussions, and message students. It's built to ask before it sends or pays, and explains or draws on Canvas when you want to learn it.

Try asking

“List all courses and add a conversation message”
“Create an assignment in Canvas”
“Show me how to create a course”

Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud. Doing the work for you is early access on Mac.

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Courses in CanvasDone in 7sExample

List all courses and add a conversation message

Listed all courses in Canvas
Created a course
Add a conversation message

It's ready in Canvas. Nothing goes out until you press Send.

Canvas

CanvasNew messageNeeds your OK

ToDana Lee (example)

Hi Dana, here is the update you asked for. Tell me if anything is missing.

Drawn from Canvas's own actions · early access on Mac

WHAT TO ASK

Things you can ask it to do in Canvas

Each one is something Canvas itself lets you do, said the way you'd ask. Questions about your screen work today; having it do the job is early access on Mac.

Ask about it

Works today

It sees your screen, answers out loud and draws on it.

“Explain this submission to me”
“Where do I find the courses in Canvas?”
“Show me how to create a course”
“What does this button do?”
“Walk me through this screen”

Read and find

Early access

It opens Canvas and looks things up for you.

List all courses
List the courses
List the submissions
List the favorite courses
List the assignment submissions
List the assignment submissions by section
List the submissions for multiple assignments
List the courses for a user

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Look up the courses
List the module items
List the communication messages
List the modules
List the course TODO items
List the discussion topics
List the discussion entries
List the pages for a course
Look up the quiz submissions
List the new quizzes
List the assignment overrides
List the quizzes in a course
List the gradeable students
List the submissions for multiple assignments in a section
List the course nicknames
List the course users
List the features for a course
List the assignment groups
List the users in a course
List the files
List the missing submissions for a user
Look up a course
List all folders
List the entries
List the folders
List the course subgroups
List the assignments for a user in a course
List the assignments for an assignment group
List the quiz items
Look up a submission
Look up an assignment
List the courses with their latest ePub export
List the topic entries
Look up a single course
List the external tools
List the external tools for a course
Read a page for a course
Look up a quiz submission
Look up the current grades
List the files in a folder
List the planner overrides
Look up a single submission
List the blackout dates for a course
List the entries for a column
Look up the assignment overrides
Look up a single quiz submission
Look up the assignments for a specific course
List the enrollments
List the upcoming assignments Calendar events
List the notification preferences
Look up the aligned assignments for an outcome
List the conversations
List the polls
Look up the courses folders by path
Look up a single submission by section
List the available reports
List the bookmarks
List the section enrollments
List the sent content shares
List the course sections
List your groups
List the closed poll sessions
List the opened poll sessions
List the planner notes
Look up the visible course navigation tools
List the user files
List the received content shares
Look up the department level completed grades
List the group files
List the enabled features for a course
List the group's users
List the subgroups
Look up the term grade data
List the calendar events
List the content exports
List the favorite groups
List the discussion topics for a group
List the pages for a group
List the entry replies
List the appointment groups
List the custom gradebook columns
List the groups in an account
List the user content exports
List the global subgroups
List the licenses
Look up a module item
Look up the courses outcome groups
List the media objects
List the content exports for groups
List the communication channels
List the available tabs for a course
List the activity stream
List the enrollment terms
List the user enrollments
Read all peer reviews for a submission
List the content licenses for a course
List the observees
Find the recipients
Search the progress
Look up a course root folder
List the accounts for a course admins
List the poll sessions for a poll
Look up a single discussion topic
Read all peer reviews for a section assignment
Read all peer reviews for a section submission
Look up a single assignment override
List the features for a user
List the manageable accounts
List the questions in a quiz
Look up all quiz reports
List the conferences
Look up the data
Read a single conversation
List the announcements
List the poll choices in a poll
List all folders for a user
Read a planner note
List all folders for a group
List the grading periods for a course
Look up all users
List the group memberships
List the notification preference categories
Look up the course activity
List the group entry replies
List a discussion entry list
List the planner items for a user
Look up a course nickname
List the current user's TODO items
List the users in a group category
Read the account notifications
List the account notifications
Look up the assignment overridden dates for New Quizzes
List the linked outcomes for a course outcome group
List the calendar events for a user
List the external tools for a group
Read a page for a group
List the LTI launch definitions for a course
List the group categories for a course
Look up the assignment overridden dates for Classic Quizzes
Look up a single course from an account
Look up all outcome groups for a course
Look up a file
Look up an assignment group
Look up the users self files
Look up a folder
List the licenses for a group
List the blackout dates for an account
Look up a new quiz
Look up the quiz statistics
Look up a quiz item
List the counts for a todo items
Look up a single quiz
Look up the accounts outcome groups
Look up a course activity stream summary
Look up an assignment submission summary
Look up a user's most recently graded submissions
List the user logins
Look up the custom colors
Look up the user course progress
Look up an assignment rubric
Look up the terms of service
Look up a single external tool
List the blueprint imports
Look up a section assignment submission summary
Export the content
Look up the section information
List the enabled features for a user
List the available account calendars
Look up a course activity stream
Look up the user assignment analytics
Look up a notification preference
List the observers for a user
Look up an enrollment
Look up a quiz report
Look up a content share
Show a planner override
Look up the department level term statistics
Look up the department level current statistics
List a media objects 2
Look up a bookmark
List the external feeds for a group
Look up a group
Look up the department-level completed statistics
List the linked outcomes for an outcome group
Read a front page for a group
Look up a single poll
Look up a feature flag for a course
Look up the outcome results
Look up a user file
List the media objects for a user
Look up the accounts that users can create courses
Look up a single user
Look up a user folder
List the available tabs for a user
List the media objects for a group
Look up the account help links
Look up a module item sequence
Look up a learning outcome
Look up a current user
Look up a group folder
List the available tabs for a group
Look up the dashboard positions
Look up the proficiency ratings for a course
Show an outcome
Look up a single poll choice
Look up the enrollment invitations
Look up the gradebook history days
Look up the outcome result rollups
Look up a rubric assessments read state
Look up a single group discussion topic
Look up all outcome groups for a context
Look up a document annotations read state
Look up a root outcome group for a course
Look up a rubric
Look up a user content export
Look up a global outcome group
Look up all outcome links for a context
Look up a full topic for groups
Look up a single calendar event
Look up the course settings
Show an ePub export
Look up a learning outcome group
List the environment settings
Show a content export
Look up a custom color
Look up a node
Export the user content
Look up an unread count
Export the group content
Look up an items media upload URL
List the recent history for a user
Look up an enrollment term
Look up an account
Look up a public inline preview URL
Show a group content export
Look up the user avatars
Look up a legacy node
Look up a single account
Look up a processed HTML
Look up the sub-accounts of an account
Look up the user participation analytics
Look up All ePortfolios for User
Show an observee
Look up a content shares unread count
List the environment features
Show the user details
Look up a notification preference by type and address
Look up a manually-created courses sub-account
Look up a next appointment
List a grading standards available in a context
List the uncollated submission versions
Look up a sessionless launch URL for an external tool in a course
Look up a user activity stream summary
Look up an outcome proficiency
Look up a group activity stream summary
List the roles
Look up a single grading standard in a course context
Look up a single group membership
List the content migrations for groups
List my admin roles
Check a quiz access code
Look up an outcome calculation method
Look up my inbox settings
Look up the report status
Look up an uploaded media folder for a user
Look up a group activity stream
List a groups available in a context
Look up the internal settings
List the migration issues
Look up the status of last report
Look up the course permissions
Look up a user profile
Look up a users custom data scope
Look up a sessionless launch URL for an external tool
Look up the blueprint subscription migrations
Look up a feature flag for an account
List the content migrations for a user
Show the temporary enrollment status
Look up the quota information
Look up a processed HTML for a group
Look up the audit logs
Look up the brand variables
Look up the running batches
List the revisions for a group page
List the migration systems for a user
List the migration systems for a group
Look up the group permissions
Look up a late policy
Look up a Kaltura config
Look up an internal setting
Look up a rubrics upload template
Look up a content migration for a user
Look up a content migration for a group
Look up the quota information for a group
Look up a user migration issue
Show a group page revision
Show a revision for a group page

Write and send

Early access

It's built to ask before anything is sent or paid.

Create an assignment
Create a course
Create a quiz submission
Add a course to favorites
Create a single poll submission
Update a course
Add a conversation message
Create a module item

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Create a module
Create a discussion entry
Create a discussion topic
Reply to a discussion entry
Create an assignment override
Edit an assignment
Submit an assignment
Mark a submission as read
Post the assignment grades for sections
Mark a submission as unread
Create overrides in a course
Mark the bulk submissions as read
Create a quiz
Create an assignment group
Create a page for a course
Create a folder
Post a group discussion entry
Create a new quiz
Create a quiz item
Create a group discussion topic
Create a subgroup in a course
Create an external tool in a course
Create an external tool
Post a discussion entry or reply
Create files
Create a planner override
Update a discussion entry
Update a discussion topic
Update a page for a course
Create a blackout date for a course
Add a last attended date
Create an enrollment
Create a quiz report
Upload a course file
Create a submission draft
Create a conversation
Create a content share
Create a new quiz report
Upload a submission file
Create a bookmark
Mark a module item as read
Create a group
Create a course grading standard
Create a single poll session
Create a single poll
Create a planner note
Update a discussion read state
Subscribe to a discussion topic
Post a group discussion reply
Create a learning outcome
Create an ePub export
Create a single poll choice
Create a Calendar event
Create a group in a set
Create a question group
Create a membership
Add a group to favorites
Update a discussion thread read state
Update a discussion entries read state
Update a file
Create a folder in a group
Create an appointment group
Create an external feed
Create a rubric
Update an entry
Update a folder
Create a custom gradebook column
Set a course nickname
Update a new quiz
Update a quiz item
Update a group discussion entry
Update a group discussion topic
Create an LTI resource link
Create a communication channel
Edit a quiz
Update a planner override
Copy a folder
Update a comment bank item
Update multiple preferences
Copy a group discussion topic
Create a quiz question
Update a notification preference
Subscribe to a topic
Update a submission what-if score
Mark all discussion topics as read
Update a content share
Copy a file to a folder
Create the users custom data
Mark all entries as read
Create a page for a group
Update a bookmark
Start a report
Update multiple notification preferences
Update a single poll session
Update a single poll
Update a submission student-entered score
Update a planner note
Edit a conversation
Update a discussion entry participant
Create an account notification
Create a group category in a course
Update a single poll choice
Update a Calendar event
Update a membership
Update a rubric assessment read state
Set a feature flag for a course
Update an appointment group
Update a custom gradebook column
Add recipients to a conversation
Set the course quiz accommodations
Mark all conversations as read
Set a module item completion
Update the quiz submission scores
Create a user inbox label
Update a custom color
Update the preferences by category
Create a group set
Update the notification preferences
Import an outcome group
Mark a group discussion entry as read
Mark a group discussion topic as read
Mark a group discussion entry as unread
Mark a group discussion topic as unread
Mark all group discussion topics as read
Mark the submission comments as read
Mark all group discussion entries as read
Mark all group discussion entries as unread
Reorder the custom gradebook columns
Invite the others to a group
Create or update timetable events
Update a page for a group
Create an external feed for a group
Update a notification preference by type and address
Resolve a folder path
Update the custom gradebook column data
Set the quiz accommodations
Upload a file to a group
Set a friendly description
Translate a file reference
Subscribe to a topic in a group
Reorder the pinned topics for a group
Mark the rubric assessments as read
Mark the document annotations as read
Update the conversation participants
Save the custom grade status
Save the standard grade status
Resolve a group folder path
Save enabled account calendars
Create a user content migration
Update a split screen view deeply nested alert
Set the usage rights for a group files
Set the override status
Create a content migration for a group
Update a group content migration
Set the extensions for a student quiz submissions

Manage

Early access

It tidies up and changes things in Canvas.

Delete an assignment
Remove a course from favorites
Delete the conversation messages
Delete a discussion entry
Delete a discussion topic
Delete an assignment override
Delete the messages from a conversation
Add the users to content share

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Remove a course nickname
Clear the course nicknames
Delete a file
Delete a quiz
Delete a folder
Delete a new quiz
Delete a quiz item
Delete a group discussion entry
Delete a group discussion topic
Delete an external tool
Delete a planner override
Delete a comment bank item
Delete a blackout date
Delete a submission draft
Delete a poll session
Delete a poll
Reset the course favorites
Remove a content share
Edit a user
Delete the conversations
Delete a bookmark
Leave a group
Delete a group
Delete a poll choice
Delete a planner note
Delete the custom data
Deactivate or delete an enrollment
Delete an outcome group
Delete a calendar event
Update a user text editor preference
Delete a page for a group
Delete an appointment group
Delete a custom gradebook column
Delete the outcome links
Remove a group from favorites
Delete a communication channel
Update a user discussions splitscreen view
Reset a link verifier
Remove a feature flag for users
Unsubscribe from a topic in a group
Close a notification for a user
Delete a user inbox label
Reset the group favorites
Delete the custom grade status
Set a feature flag for a user
Delete a user custom data scope
Delete a communication channel by type and address
Update the course settings
Delete an external feed from a group
Set the usage rights for a user files
Update SpeedGrader settings
Remove the usage rights from a user files
Remove the usage rights from a group files
Assign the unassigned members to a group category
Update the user settings
Update a content migration for a user
Revert a group page to a revision

BUILT TO ASK FIRST

It's built to wait for your OK in Canvas.

When a job ends in “Add a conversation message”, it does the work, and is built to stop with it ready. You see exactly what it wrote and where it goes, then Send, Edit or Deny.

It works in Canvas signed in as you. If it hits a sign-in, you sign in yourself: it's built not to type your passwords or card numbers.

CanvasNew messageNeeds your OK

ToDana Lee (example)

Hi Dana, here is the update you asked for. Tell me if anything is missing.

Example draft · early access on Mac

Why Use DuckyHelper?

Works in Canvas like you do

Early access: it sees Canvas on your screen and works in it with its own cursor, while you keep using yours
Nothing to set up: it works in Canvas signed in as you
Finishes multi-step jobs across Canvas and your other apps

Built to ask before it sends or pays

Built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything
Built not to type your passwords or card numbers for you
It listens and looks only while the pill is open

Shows you, not just tells you

Explains Canvas out loud and draws right on your screen
Works it out with you on a blackboard when you want to learn it

Always there, in every app

Press one key in any app and ask out loud: fn on a Mac, Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux
Runs jobs on a schedule (early access)
For Mac, Windows and Linux

Want it in every app you use?

One account works in every app on your computer. Try it for 10 minutes, no card, then pick a plan.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

On your screen, the way a person at your computer would. Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask about what you see in Canvas: it answers out loud and can draw on Canvas to show you where things are. In early access on Mac it also works in Canvas with its own cursor, signed in as you, while you keep using yours.

For example: “List all courses and add a conversation message” and “Create an assignment in Canvas”. Or ask about what you see: “Show me how to create a course”. Doing the work for you is in early access on Mac.

No. Open Canvas and sign in yourself, the way you always do. DuckyHelper works in the window you have open, signed in as you. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers for you.

It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money.

In Canvas, a job that ends in “Add a conversation message” is built to stop there for your OK: Send, Edit or Deny.

Yes. Press one key and ask out loud. It answers out loud while you keep working, draws on your screen to show you where things are, or works it out with you on a blackboard.

Yes. DuckyHelper works in any app on your computer, so one job can move between Canvas and the other apps and pages you use.

Doing the work for you is new and in early access on Mac. Asking out loud, drawing on your screen and the blackboard work today on Mac, Windows and Linux.

No. It listens and looks only while the pill is open. When the pill is closed, nothing is heard or seen.

No, there is no charge per app. Try DuckyHelper for 10 minutes with no card. Plus is $20 a month, $14 a month for your first 3 months. See pricing.

Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later), Windows and Linux. Download DuckyHelper.

No. DuckyHelper is made by MingLLM, Inc. and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Canvas. It works in Canvas the same way you do, on your screen.

Try it in Canvas.Press one key and ask.

It sees Canvas, explains it out loud and does the work with you.Try it for 10 minutes, no card.

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Ask it a question or hand it a job, in any app.

Doing jobs for you is in early access on Mac. Asking works on Mac, Windows and Linux.

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