Connect Perplexity AI and Canvas LMS integrations

Transform your Canvas LMS courses with AI-powered intelligence by automatically delivering research-driven content from Perplexity AI directly into your learning environment. Eliminate manual updates and enrich your educational materials instantly—Make connects Perplexity AI insights to Canvas LMS, creating a workflow that keeps your course content current, comprehensive, and cutting-edge.

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Creates a chat completions with the chosen model.

Perplexity AI

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

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Canvas LMS

Creates a new course.

Canvas LMS

Creates an assignment.

Canvas LMS

Creates a submission.

Canvas LMS

Deletes an existing course.

Canvas LMS

Deletes an existing assignment.

Canvas LMS

Retrieves an existing course.

Canvas LMS

Retrieves an existing assignment.

Canvas LMS

Retrieves an existing submission from user.

Canvas LMS

Performs an arbitrary authorized API Call.

Canvas LMS

Marks an existing submission as read.

Canvas LMS

Marks an existing submission as unread.

Canvas LMS

Updates an existing course.

Canvas LMS

Updates an existing assignment.

Canvas LMS

Uploads a new file to submission.

Canvas LMS

Searches for assignments.

Canvas LMS

Searches for own courses.

Canvas LMS

Searches for courses of given user ID.

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Build your Perplexity AI and Canvas LMS integrations.

Integrate Canvas LMS as a trigger and Perplexity AI as an action through Make's automation platform to create powerful educational workflows. When Canvas LMS generates research-based content or AI-driven insights as a trigger event, Make automatically executes actions in Perplexity AI such as populating courses with AI-generated summaries, updating course materials, enriching educational resources, or synchronizing knowledge base content. This automation enables you to automatically transfer AI-powered research outputs from Canvas LMS directly into your Perplexity AI learning environment, eliminating manual data transfer and simplifying the process of improving course materials with intelligent content.

Canvas LMS
Create a Course

Creates a new course.

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Canvas LMS
Create a Submission

Creates a submission.

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Perplexity AI
Create a chat completion

Creates a chat completions with the chosen model.

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Canvas LMS
Create an Assignment

Creates an assignment.

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Canvas LMS
Delete a Course

Deletes an existing course.

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Canvas LMS
Delete an Assignment

Deletes an existing assignment.

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Canvas LMS
Get a Course

Retrieves an existing course.

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Canvas LMS
Get a Submission

Retrieves an existing submission from user.

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Canvas LMS
Get an Assignment

Retrieves an existing assignment.

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Popular Perplexity AI and Canvas LMS workflows.

Looking to get more out of Perplexity AI and Canvas LMS? With Make you can visually integrate Perplexity AI and Canvas LMS into any workflow to save time and resources — no coding required. Try any of these templates in just a few clicks.

How to setup Perplexity AI and Canvas LMS in 5 easy steps

  • 1

    Get your Canvas LMS access token

    Log into Canvas LMS and click on your profile in the top right corner, then select Settings. Scroll down to find the Approved Integrations section and generate a new API token, which is a special code that lets Make connect to your Canvas account. Copy this token and keep it safe for the next step.

  • 2

    Connect Canvas LMS to Make

    Open your Make account and add a Canvas LMS module to your workflow. Click the Create a connection button when prompted, then paste the API token you copied from Canvas into the authentication field. You can give your connection a name to help you remember it later, then save your connection.

  • 3

    Generate your Perplexity AI API key

    Sign into Perplexity AI and click the Settings icon next to your username. Navigate to the API section in the left sidebar, create a new API group, then go to the API Keys tab and click Create Key. Copy this key immediately and store it securely, as you'll need it to connect with Make.

  • 4

    Connect Perplexity AI to Make

    In your Make account, add a Perplexity AI module to your scenario and click Create a connection. Paste the API key you copied from Perplexity AI into the API Key field. You can optionally name this connection for quick identification, then save your settings to complete the connection.

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    Confirm and start using your connections

    After entering all required information for both applications, click Save to finalize each connection. If prompted, authenticate and confirm that you want to grant Make access to these applications. Once both connections are saved, you can start building automated workflows that connect Canvas LMS and Perplexity AI together.

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    Transform learning with AI-powered Canvas LMS integration

    Integrate Perplexity AI with Canvas LMS to automatically improve course content, generate intelligent feedback, and provide students with real-time research support—all within their learning environment.

    Automated research-enriched course content

    Automatically enrich Canvas course materials with up-to-date research and knowledge from Perplexity AI, ensuring students always have access to current information.

    Intelligent assignment feedback generation

    Generate comprehensive, AI-powered feedback and explanations for student assignments by sending Canvas submissions to Perplexity AI for analysis.

    Dynamic FAQ and resource creation

    Automatically create and update course FAQs and supplementary resources in Canvas by querying Perplexity AI based on common student questions and topics.

    Real-time knowledge base updates

    Keep Canvas course announcements and discussion boards enriched with the latest information by triggering Perplexity AI searches based on curriculum topics.

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