Application programming interfaces for classroom notebook settings

A method for managing permissions in a class notebook comprising a plurality of section groups including a collaboration section group, a content library section group, and a plurality of student-specific section groups, the method comprising:

• in response to receiving, at a class notebook system, a request to post a permission for a section group of the class notebook, communicating with a file management system to create or update the permission for the section group,
• the request comprising a section group identifier, a user identifier, and a type of the permission, and
• the section group of the class notebook being a specific page within the class notebook;
• in response to receiving, at the class notebook system, a request to get a permission for the section group of the class notebook, communicating with the file management system to receive the permission for the section group,
• the request comprising the section group identifier and a permission object, and
• the section group of the class notebook being the specific page within the class notebook;
• and
• in response to receiving, at the class notebook system, a request to delete a permission for the section group of the class notebook, communicating with the file management system to delete the permission for the section group,
• the request comprising the section group identifier and a permission identifier, and
• the section group of the class notebook being the specific page within the class notebook.

One or more computer readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processing system direct the processing system of a class notebook system to at least:

• in response to receiving, at the class notebook system, a request for a guest access link to a specified student's content in a section group of a class notebook, communicate with a file management system to get or create a guest link to the specified student's content in the section group, the specified student's content in the section group being a specific page within the class notebook;
• upon receiving the guest link, create, at the class notebook system, the guest access link by appending an online rendering flag to the guest link so a third party can have a live view;
• and
• provide the guest access link to a source of the request, the guest access link providing access to only the specific page within the class notebook without providing permissions to any other content in the class notebook.