Understanding Delphinium Data Sources

Delphinium layouts draw upon three sources of data to create a motivating and engaging custom overlay or interface for your course:

Canvas Course Meta-data

Each time a Delphinium page loads in your course, it requests meta-data (i.e., data about data) from Canvas about your course. Examples of Canvas meta-data that Delphinium uses include the following:

Canvas Student Data

Each time Delphinium loads in your course, it requests current student data from Canvas. For security, all student data is encrypted before it is sent to Delphinium and Delphinium encrypts it again when it receives the data. Examples of Canvas Student Data that Delphinium uses include the following:

Delphinium Meta-data

Optionally, you can create more complex data visualizations and improve Canvas' functionality by linking some Delphinium data to Canvas data. Delphinium adds the following meta-data to Canvas data:

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