Update educationassignment

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Update an educationAssignment object.

Only teachers can perform this action.

Alternatively, request to change the status of an assignment with publish action. Don't use a PATCH operation for this purpose.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	❌	❌	❌

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	EduAssignments.ReadWriteBasic	EduAssignments.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

HTTP request

PATCH /education/classes/{class-id}/assignments/{assignment-id}

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json

Request body

In the request body, supply only the values of the fields you want to update.

Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintains their previous values or be recalculated based on changes to other property values. For best performance, don't include existing values that haven't changed.

Property	Type	Description
addedStudentAction	String	Describes if the assignment should be distributed to students who are added after the assignment publication date.
addToCalendarAction	educationAddToCalendarOptions	Optional field to control the assignment behavior for adding assignments to students' and teachers' calendars when the assignment is published. The possible values are: none, studentsAndPublisher, studentsAndTeamOwners, unknownFutureValue, studentsOnly. You must use the Prefer: include - unknown -enum-members request header to get the following value(s) in this evolvable enum: studentsOnly. Optional.
allowLateSubmissions	Boolean	Whether students can send submission after the due date.
allowStudentsToAddResourcesToSubmission	Boolean	Whether a student can add resources to a submission or not. Also, indicates whether all resources in the submission correspond to the assignment resource list.
assignDateTime	DateTimeOffset	Indicates the date to publish the assignment to students. Can't be edited after the assignment has been published.
assignTo	educationAssignmentRecipient	Students who get the assignment.
closeDateTime	DateTimeOffset	Date when the assignment is closed for submissions. This is an optional field that can be null if the assignment doesn't allowLateSubmissions or the closeDateTime is the same as the dueDateTime but if specified, it must be greater than or equal to the dueDateTime.
displayName	String	Name of assignment.
dueDateTime	DateTimeOffset	Date assignment is due.
grading	educationAssignmentGradeType	How the assignment is graded.
instructions	itemBody	Instructions to be given to the students along with the assignment.
notificationChannelUrl	String	The channel to communicate notifications related to the assignment. To change the URL, set the assignTo value to educationAssignmentClassRecipient. The channel URL can't change after the publication of the assignment.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and an updated educationAssignment object in the response body.

Example

Request

Here's an example of the request.

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/education/classes/72a7baec-c3e9-4213-a850-f62de0adad5f/assignments/4679bc1b-90c5-45af-ae1a-d5357672ed39
Content-type: application/json

{
    "displayName": "Reading and review test 09.03 #5",
    "instructions": {
        "contentType": "text",
        "content": "Read chapter 5 and write your review"
    },
    "dueDateTime": "2021-09-10T00:00:00Z",
    "addedStudentAction": "none"
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new EducationAssignment
{
	DisplayName = "Reading and review test 09.03 #5",
	Instructions = new EducationItemBody
	{
		ContentType = BodyType.Text,
		Content = "Read chapter 5 and write your review",
	},
	DueDateTime = DateTimeOffset.Parse("2021-09-10T00:00:00Z"),
	AddedStudentAction = EducationAddedStudentAction.None,
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Education.Classes["{educationClass-id}"].Assignments["{educationAssignment-id}"].PatchAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc education classes assignments patch --education-class-id {educationClass-id} --education-assignment-id {educationAssignment-id} --body '{\
    "displayName": "Reading and review test 09.03 #5",\
    "instructions": {\
        "contentType": "text",\
        "content": "Read chapter 5 and write your review"\
    },\
    "dueDateTime": "2021-09-10T00:00:00Z",\
    "addedStudentAction": "none"\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  "time"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewEducationAssignment()
displayName := "Reading and review test 09.03 #5"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
instructions := graphmodels.NewEducationItemBody()
contentType := graphmodels.TEXT_BODYTYPE 
instructions.SetContentType(&contentType) 
content := "Read chapter 5 and write your review"
instructions.SetContent(&content) 
requestBody.SetInstructions(instructions)
dueDateTime , err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2021-09-10T00:00:00Z")
requestBody.SetDueDateTime(&dueDateTime) 
addedStudentAction := graphmodels.NONE_EDUCATIONADDEDSTUDENTACTION 
requestBody.SetAddedStudentAction(&addedStudentAction) 

assignments, err := graphClient.Education().Classes().ByEducationClassId("educationClass-id").Assignments().ByEducationAssignmentId("educationAssignment-id").Patch(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

EducationAssignment educationAssignment = new EducationAssignment();
educationAssignment.setDisplayName("Reading and review test 09.03 #5");
EducationItemBody instructions = new EducationItemBody();
instructions.setContentType(BodyType.Text);
instructions.setContent("Read chapter 5 and write your review");
educationAssignment.setInstructions(instructions);
OffsetDateTime dueDateTime = OffsetDateTime.parse("2021-09-10T00:00:00Z");
educationAssignment.setDueDateTime(dueDateTime);
educationAssignment.setAddedStudentAction(EducationAddedStudentAction.None);
EducationAssignment result = graphClient.education().classes().byEducationClassId("{educationClass-id}").assignments().byEducationAssignmentId("{educationAssignment-id}").patch(educationAssignment);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const educationAssignment = {
    displayName: 'Reading and review test 09.03 #5',
    instructions: {
        contentType: 'text',
        content: 'Read chapter 5 and write your review'
    },
    dueDateTime: '2021-09-10T00:00:00Z',
    addedStudentAction: 'none'
};

await client.api('/education/classes/72a7baec-c3e9-4213-a850-f62de0adad5f/assignments/4679bc1b-90c5-45af-ae1a-d5357672ed39')
	.update(educationAssignment);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\EducationAssignment;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\EducationItemBody;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new EducationAssignment();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Reading and review test 09.03 #5');
$instructions = new EducationItemBody();
$instructions->setContentType(new BodyType('text'));
$instructions->setContent('Read chapter 5 and write your review');
$requestBody->setInstructions($instructions);
$requestBody->setDueDateTime(new \DateTime('2021-09-10T00:00:00Z'));
$requestBody->setAddedStudentAction(new EducationAddedStudentAction('none'));

$result = $graphServiceClient->education()->classes()->byEducationClassId('educationClass-id')->assignments()->byEducationAssignmentId('educationAssignment-id')->patch($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Education

$params = @{
	displayName = "Reading and review test 09.03 #5"
	instructions = @{
		contentType = "text"
		content = "Read chapter 5 and write your review"
	}
	dueDateTime = [System.DateTime]::Parse("2021-09-10T00:00:00Z")
	addedStudentAction = "none"
}

Update-MgEducationClassAssignment -EducationClassId $educationClassId -EducationAssignmentId $educationAssignmentId -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.education_assignment import EducationAssignment
from msgraph.generated.models.education_item_body import EducationItemBody

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = EducationAssignment(
	display_name = "Reading and review test 09.03 #5",
	instructions = EducationItemBody(
		content_type = BodyType.Text,
		content = "Read chapter 5 and write your review",
	),
	due_date_time = "2021-09-10T00:00:00Z",
	added_student_action = EducationAddedStudentAction.None,
)

result = await graph_client.education.classes.by_education_class_id('educationClass-id').assignments.by_education_assignment_id('educationAssignment-id').patch(request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

Here's an example of the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#education/classes('72a7baec-c3e9-4213-a850-f62de0adad5f')/assignments/$entity",
    "classId": "72a7baec-c3e9-4213-a850-f62de0adad5f",
    "displayName": "Reading and review test 09.03 #5",
    "closeDateTime": null,
    "dueDateTime": "2021-09-10T00:00:00Z",
    "assignDateTime": null,
    "assignedDateTime": null,
    "allowLateSubmissions": true,
    "resourcesFolderUrl": null,
    "createdDateTime": "2021-09-03T23:57:14.6088791Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-09-04T15:01:35.3361649Z",
    "allowStudentsToAddResourcesToSubmission": true,
    "status": "draft",
    "notificationChannelUrl": null,
    "webUrl": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/entity/66aeee93-507d-479a-a3ef-8f494af43945/classroom?context=%7B%22subEntityId%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22version%5C%22%3A%5C%221.0%5C%22,%5C%22config%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22classes%5C%22%3A%5B%7B%5C%22id%5C%22%3A%5C%2272a7baec-c3e9-4213-a850-f62de0adad5f%5C%22,%5C%22displayName%5C%22%3Anull,%5C%22assignmentIds%5C%22%3A%5B%5C%224679bc1b-90c5-45af-ae1a-d5357672ed39%5C%22%5D%7D%5D%7D,%5C%22action%5C%22%3A%5C%22navigate%5C%22,%5C%22view%5C%22%3A%5C%22assignment-viewer%5C%22%7D%22,%22channelId%22%3Anull%7D",
    "addedStudentAction": "none",
    "id": "4679bc1b-90c5-45af-ae1a-d5357672ed39",
    "instructions": {
        "content": "Read chapter 5 and write your review",
        "contentType": "text"
    },
    "grading": {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.educationAssignmentPointsGradeType",
        "maxPoints": 50
    },
    "assignTo": {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.educationAssignmentClassRecipient"
    },
    "createdBy": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "user": {
            "id": "f3a5344e-dbde-48b0-be24-b5b62a243836",
            "displayName": null
        }
    },
    "lastModifiedBy": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "user": {
            "id": "f3a5344e-dbde-48b0-be24-b5b62a243836",
            "displayName": null
        }
    }
}

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