Update educationassignment

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Update an educationAssignment object.

Only teachers in the class can do this. You can't use a PATCH request to change the status of an assignment. Use the publish action to change the assignment status.

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 the values for relevant fields that should be updated. 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	Controls the behavior for students who are added after the assignment is published.
addToCalendarAction	educationAddToCalendarOptions	Optional field to control the assignment behavior for adding assignments to students' and teachers' calendars when the assignment is published. Possible values are: none, studentsAndPublisher, studentsAndTeamOwners, studentsOnly, unknownFutureValue. Default value is none. Can't be modified when the assignment is in published status.
allowLateSubmissions	Boolean	Whether submissions can be submitted after the due date.
allowStudentsToAddResourcesToSubmission	Boolean	Whether a student can add resources to a submission. Indicated whether the only items on the submission came from the assignment resource list.
assignDateTime	DateTimeOffset	Date the assignment should be published to students. Can't be edited when the assignment is 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	Channel to post assignment publish notification. Updating the channel URL isn't allowed after the assignment has been published and is only allowed when the assignTo value is educationAssignmentClassRecipient.

Response

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

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/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",
    "addToCalendarAction": "studentsAndPublisher"
}

C#

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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.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,
	AddToCalendarAction = EducationAddToCalendarOptions.StudentsAndPublisher,
};

// 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);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

CLI

mgc-beta 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",\
    "addToCalendarAction": "studentsAndPublisher"\
}\
'

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

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

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) 
addToCalendarAction := graphmodels.STUDENTSANDPUBLISHER_EDUCATIONADDTOCALENDAROPTIONS 
requestBody.SetAddToCalendarAction(&addToCalendarAction) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
assignments, err := graphClient.Education().Classes().ByEducationClassId("educationClass-id").Assignments().ByEducationAssignmentId("educationAssignment-id").Patch(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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.setAddToCalendarAction(EducationAddToCalendarOptions.StudentsAndPublisher);
EducationAssignment result = graphClient.education().classes().byEducationClassId("{educationClass-id}").assignments().byEducationAssignmentId("{educationAssignment-id}").patch(educationAssignment);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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',
    addToCalendarAction: 'studentsAndPublisher'
};

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

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\EducationAssignment;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\EducationItemBody;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\BodyType;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\EducationAddedStudentAction;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\EducationAddToCalendarOptions;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($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'));
$requestBody->setAddToCalendarAction(new EducationAddToCalendarOptions('studentsAndPublisher'));

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

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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.Beta.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"
	addToCalendarAction = "studentsAndPublisher"
}

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

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.education_assignment import EducationAssignment
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.education_item_body import EducationItemBody
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.body_type import BodyType
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.education_added_student_action import EducationAddedStudentAction
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.education_add_to_calendar_options import EducationAddToCalendarOptions
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
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,
	add_to_calendar_action = EducationAddToCalendarOptions.StudentsAndPublisher,
)

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

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

Response

The following example shows 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/beta/$metadata#education/classes('72a7baec-c3e9-4213-a850-f62de0adad5f')/assignments/$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",
    "addToCalendarAction": "studentsAndPublisher",
    "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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