Using valence to put attendance data into desire2learn - desire2learn

I am just starting to use Valence and have been asked to put attendance data into the attendance tool from a csv file created by a swipe device. Has anyone done this before?
Chuck

I apologize for the lengthy delay in response. I'm sorry, but the Attendance tool available in Brightspace does not currently offer any APIs in the Valence Learning Framework developer platform.
In future, I would suggest that you visit the forums at D2L's developer community site for more timely access to their dev platform support.

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Microsoft Graph API Road Map

I can't seem to find anything more than the changelog, does anyone know if there's a roadmap for planned functionality?
Notably, we're looking to have our employees enroll in MFA through a custom app calling the Graph API and add their mobile number, other email, and authenticator. I found a confirmation that this would be available from here but there hasn't been any update for nearly two years.
Thanks in advance!
There is no roadmap for Microsoft Graph currently. We announce new features into preview throughout the year with two major moments at Build and Ignite conferences. You can keep up with those announcements at https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/blogs/.
We do have a Microsoft Graph UserVoice https://microsoftgraph.uservoice.com/ where you can request and see others requests. Our PMs will actually change the status of features that are in development. This will give you a subset of the things we're working on that relate to public requests.
As you mention , our Change log will be the way to track new things on the API https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/changelog.
We also have a monthly Community Call online that we announce things that is the first tuesday of every month. https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/events . Existing events are blogged about and also available here https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/gallery/?filterBy=Podcasts,Videos

Keywords Planner in Google Ads API

I am trying to use Keywords Planner programmatically, through its API.I came across Generating Targeting Ideas, which pretty much summarizes the use. When I visit Get Started, it states
Try the new Google Ads API—which has the latest Google Ads features. The AdWords API is in maintenance mode and not being actively developed.
I visit Google Ads API, where I cannot find anything related to the Keyword Planner.
Has someone any idea if the planner is available through the new API, or do I have to use the old one?
Thanks,
Alexios
I'm currently working on converting an old Adwords cron job to the new Ads API. While I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, the old TargetingIdeaService has been replaced with a new KeywordPlanIdeaService (see https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/migration/services).
You can find examples for KeywordPlanIdeaService here:
https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/samples/generate-keyword-ideas
Pay careful attention to how the code formats each selector field and using a helper class to format language and geotargeting codes. It's not the most intuitive way of passing paramters.

Detailed Skype for Business reports from Microsoft Graph

my goal is simple: I want to fetch a detailed report of the PSTN usage of my users in Office 365. I wanted to achieve that with PowerShell but unfortunately, the Get-CxPSTNUsageDetailReport command was deprecated in January 2018.
I ended up playing around Microsoft Graph as suggested by this article (the one about the deprecated command). After taking a deep look in here, I wasn't able to find any information on how to get this report from the API.
Do any of you knows if there is:
An API query for that
An official support channel for this
Also, I've found some threads about Skype for Business and most of them were back from 2017 stating that a lot of S4B features were not available in Graph, is it still the case?
If so, why are they suggesting Microsoft Graph as an alternative then?
You can use this API:
/reports/SfbActivity(view=view-value, period=period-value, date=date-value)/content
For more information, refer to the documentation.

Valence and Quiz Tool

Are there any undocumented API calls that would allow for any basic read only retrieval of quiz information within a course? We are really just trying to get number of quizzes in a course, whether it's TurnItIn enabled, etc. Thanks!
There are no Valence APIs for Quiz tools. However D2L/Brightspace does expose quizzes through its legacy SOAP API. Which is how products such as Respondus work.
There is an SDK here: https://github.com/Brightspace/d2lws-sdk
Currently, Brightspace does not support any APIs for public use around quiz collections or quiz items.

How can I possibly get Sales and Order info from Merch by Amazon

I am relatively new in using Amazon's APIs. I am trying to get Sales and Orders information for Merch by Amazon in Ruby on Rails. How can I possibly do that .I have researched a lot but unable to find any answers as Merch is a new platform, they do give developer api but for advertisement of my current products apparently. Is there any third party api or any way so I can get the sales and order's data of my Merch account in RoR. Thanks in Advance.
It is very simple what you have to do. First you must sign up for Merch via Amazon then you must list what type of business you are, i.e. education etc. Then you will have to wait for a confirmation via email as far as I can tell it should be smooth sailing from there!

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