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Link the Canvas Roll Call docs in two README mentions

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Replace the FIXME placeholder in the opening with the Instructure
Community article that describes the Roll Call (Attendance) LTI tool,
and link the same article from the Requirements bullet so someone
scanning to confirm they have what they need can click through.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ weekly [CSSS seminar series](https://csss.uw.edu/seminars) at the
a set number of those seminars to get credit. a set number of those seminars to get credit.
The script reads the weekly attendance export that the [Canvas Roll The script reads the weekly attendance export that the [Canvas Roll
Call](FIXME) tool emails you, cross-references it against the live Canvas Call](https://community.instructure.com/en/kb/articles/662770-what-is-the-roll-call-attendance-tool)
tool emails you, cross-references it against the live Canvas
enrollment, and sends warning DMs through the Canvas Conversations API. enrollment, and sends warning DMs through the Canvas Conversations API.
A small Python script writes a short note to each student—scoped to A small Python script writes a short note to each student—scoped to
the course—in the same language you would have written yourself. the course—in the same language you would have written yourself.
@@ -50,8 +51,9 @@ quarter, annotated with the warning dates from the contact log.
library, which appeared in 3.11). library, which appeared in 3.11).
- The `requests` library (`pip install requests` or `apt install - The `requests` library (`pip install requests` or `apt install
python3-requests`). Everything else is in the stdlib. python3-requests`). Everything else is in the stdlib.
- A Canvas instance with the Roll Call (Attendance) LTI tool and - A Canvas instance with the
personal API access enabled for you as the instructor. [Roll Call (Attendance) LTI tool](https://community.instructure.com/en/kb/articles/662770-what-is-the-roll-call-attendance-tool)
and personal API access enabled for you as the instructor.
## Setup ## Setup