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added canvas to filter mentors (#409)
<!-- This is an auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai --> ## Summary by CodeRabbit * **Documentation** * Clarified “Filter Learners for Mentors” behavior and improved wording/grammar. * Added example usage for codio_custom_mentor_for and highlighted setup with a prominent note. * Introduced Canvas-specific setup steps (Observer linking workflow) and cross-platform app configuration guidance with visuals. * Added a “Custom parameters” reference for opening student assignments directly from the LMS, covering user ID, email, role, and name fields, with examples and platform support notes. * Minor formatting and punctuation improvements. <!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai --> Co-authored-by: Lola Valente <lvalente@codio.com>
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source/instructors/admin/integration/lti-app.rst

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Filter Learners for Mentors
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Enabling **Filter Learners for Mentors** to "on" will allow you to only show Mentor/Observers specific students that you wish them to see/manage in the Codio course.
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Enabling **Filter Learners for Mentors** to "on" will allow you to show Mentor/Observers only specific students that you wish them to see/manage in the Codio course.
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To set this up, edit your LTI app as set up above or send as a custom parameter adding `codio_custom_mentor_for` as a custom field entering as the parameter either the students email addresses or their LMS user IDs. To enter multiple students separate with comma (',')
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To set this up, edit your LTI app as set up above or send as a custom parameter by adding codio_custom_mentor_for as a custom field, entering as the parameter either the students' email addresses or their LMS user IDs. To enter multiple students, separate with commas (',').
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Example:
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.. code:: ini
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codio_custom_mentor_for="student1@email.com,student2@email.com"
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.. figure:: /img/lti/filter_learners.png
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:alt: Filter learners for mentors
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If you don't enable **Filter Learners for Mentors**, then mentors can see all the students in the course and access all students' work, even those for whom they are not a mentor.
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.. note:: If you don't enable Filter Learners for Mentors, then mentors can see all the students in the course and access all students' work, even those for whom they are not a mentor.
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**In Canvas:**
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After you have enabled Filter Learners for Mentors in your course's LTI/LMS settings, then go to Canvas and complete the following:
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1. In the **People** section of the course, find the mentor and click the three vertical dots on the right of the name, then click **Edit Role**.
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2. Change the role to **Observer**.
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3. Click the three vertical dots on the right of the name and click **Link to Students**.
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4. Find and click the names of the students associated with that mentor. Once done, click **Update**.
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