In the summer of 2013, Eastside Prep built this tool in order to give increased insight into assignments within the Canvas LMS. The tool is available to faculty, students and parents and both makes it easy to see many assignments across multiple courses and makes it possible for teachers to assign different statuses to assignments in the period between submission and grading effectively extending the feedback possible through canvas.
This is an overview aimed for students and parents. It does not get into the technical aspects of the project.