Export plugin

New in version 0.4.0.

Many instructors need to be able to get grades for their class out of the nbgrader database and into another format, such as a CSV file, a learning management system (LMS) like Canvas or Blackboard, etc. nbgrader comes with the capability to export grades to a CSV file, however you may want to customize this functionality for your own needs.

Creating a plugin

To add your own grade exporter you can create a plugin class that inherits from nbgrader.plugins.ExportPlugin. This class needs to only implement one method, which is the export() method (see below). Let’s say you create your own plugin in the myexporter.py file, and your plugin is called MyExporter. Then, on the command line, you would run:

nbgrader export --exporter=myexporter.MyExporter

which will use your custom exporter rather than the built-in CSV exporter. For an example of how to interface with the database, please see Getting information from the database.

API

class nbgrader.plugins.export.ExportPlugin(**kwargs)[source]

Base class for export plugins.

export(gradebook)[source]

Export grades to another format.

This method MUST be implemented by subclasses. Users should be able to pass the --to flag on the command line, which will set the self.to variable. By default, this variable will be an empty string, which allows you to specify whatever default you would like.

Parameters:

gradebook (Gradebook) – An instance of the gradebook

Return type:

None