Update educationAssignmentDefaults

2025-07-23

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Update the properties of an educationAssignmentDefaults object. Only teachers can update these settings.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	❌	❌	❌

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	EduAssignments.ReadWriteBasic	EduAssignments.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

HTTP request

PATCH /education/classes/{id}/assignmentDefaults

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply only the values for properties to update. Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintain their previous values or are recalculated based on changes to other property values.

The following table specifies the properties that can be updated.

Property	Type	Description
addedStudentAction	educationAddedStudentAction	Class-level default behavior for handling students who are added after the assignment is published. Possible values are: `none`, `assignIfOpen`. The default value is `none`.
dueTime	TimeOfDay	Class-level default value for due time field. Default value is `23:59:00`
notificationChannelUrl	String	Default Teams channel to which notifications will be sent. Default value is `null`.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and an updated educationAssignmentDefaults object in the response body.

Examples

Request

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/education/classes/{id}/assignmentDefaults
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "addedStudentAction": "assignIfOpen",
  "addToCalendarAction": "studentsAndTeamOwners",
  "notificationChannelUrl": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams('id')/channels('id')"
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new EducationAssignmentDefaults
{
	AddedStudentAction = EducationAddedStudentAction.AssignIfOpen,
	AddToCalendarAction = EducationAddToCalendarOptions.StudentsAndTeamOwners,
	NotificationChannelUrl = "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams('id')/channels('id')",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Education.Classes["{educationClass-id}"].AssignmentDefaults.PatchAsync(requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewEducationAssignmentDefaults()
addedStudentAction := graphmodels.ASSIGNIFOPEN_EDUCATIONADDEDSTUDENTACTION 
requestBody.SetAddedStudentAction(&addedStudentAction) 
addToCalendarAction := graphmodels.STUDENTSANDTEAMOWNERS_EDUCATIONADDTOCALENDAROPTIONS 
requestBody.SetAddToCalendarAction(&addToCalendarAction) 
notificationChannelUrl := "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams('id')/channels('id')"
requestBody.SetNotificationChannelUrl(&notificationChannelUrl) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
assignmentDefaults, err := graphClient.Education().Classes().ByEducationClassId("educationClass-id").AssignmentDefaults().Patch(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

EducationAssignmentDefaults educationAssignmentDefaults = new EducationAssignmentDefaults();
educationAssignmentDefaults.setAddedStudentAction(EducationAddedStudentAction.AssignIfOpen);
educationAssignmentDefaults.setAddToCalendarAction(EducationAddToCalendarOptions.StudentsAndTeamOwners);
educationAssignmentDefaults.setNotificationChannelUrl("https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams('id')/channels('id')");
EducationAssignmentDefaults result = graphClient.education().classes().byEducationClassId("{educationClass-id}").assignmentDefaults().patch(educationAssignmentDefaults);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const educationAssignmentDefaults = {
  addedStudentAction: 'assignIfOpen',
  addToCalendarAction: 'studentsAndTeamOwners',
  notificationChannelUrl: 'https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams(\'id\')/channels(\'id\')'
};

await client.api('/education/classes/{id}/assignmentDefaults')
	.version('beta')
	.update(educationAssignmentDefaults);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\EducationAssignmentDefaults;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\EducationAddedStudentAction;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\EducationAddToCalendarOptions;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new EducationAssignmentDefaults();
$requestBody->setAddedStudentAction(new EducationAddedStudentAction('assignIfOpen'));
$requestBody->setAddToCalendarAction(new EducationAddToCalendarOptions('studentsAndTeamOwners'));
$requestBody->setNotificationChannelUrl('https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams(\'id\')/channels(\'id\')');

$result = $graphServiceClient->education()->classes()->byEducationClassId('educationClass-id')->assignmentDefaults()->patch($requestBody)->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Education

$params = @{
	addedStudentAction = "assignIfOpen"
	addToCalendarAction = "studentsAndTeamOwners"
	notificationChannelUrl = "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams('id')/channels('id')"
}

Update-MgBetaEducationClassAssignmentDefault -EducationClassId $educationClassId -BodyParameter $params

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.education_assignment_defaults import EducationAssignmentDefaults
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.education_added_student_action import EducationAddedStudentAction
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.education_add_to_calendar_options import EducationAddToCalendarOptions
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = EducationAssignmentDefaults(
	added_student_action = EducationAddedStudentAction.AssignIfOpen,
	add_to_calendar_action = EducationAddToCalendarOptions.StudentsAndTeamOwners,
	notification_channel_url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams('id')/channels('id')",
)

result = await graph_client.education.classes.by_education_class_id('educationClass-id').assignment_defaults.patch(request_body)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "addedStudentAction": "assignIfOpen",
  "addToCalendarAction": "studentsAndTeamOwners",
  "dueTime": "2021-08-30T23:59:00Z",
  "notificationChannelUrl": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams('id')/channels('id')"
}

Specify the default channel for education assignment notifications

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