Move Graded Assignments into Your Issue Tracker Automatically
When a Canvas assignment is graded, Notis creates a Linear issue so you can batch your feedback review without context-switching.
Trigger
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Action
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Why this helps
Grades posted in Canvas, notes scattered across email and Slack, context lost by the time you circle back to provide detailed feedback.
- Centralize all graded work in one actionable queue
- Reduce the urge to manually log each graded assignment
- Create a finite, reviewable list instead of infinite email notifications
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Linear to Notis in your portal (Settings > Integrations). You do this once; every automation will reuse these connections.
- 2Ask Notis in chat: 'When a Canvas assignment is graded, create a Linear issue with the student name and grade, and set it to high priority.' (Or use portal Automations > New Automation.)
- 3Pick Canvas Assignment Graded as the trigger and a channel where Notis reports when automations run (e.g., #automations Slack channel).
- 4Test with one real graded assignment to confirm the Linear issue appears with the correct details.
- 5Adjust the prompt if needed (e.g., add due date or assignee rules) and let Notis handle the rest.
Questions about this workflow
Will this create duplicate issues if the same assignment is graded multiple times?
Notis is smart about deduplication. If the same Canvas assignment submission is graded twice (e.g., you re-grade), Notis will typically create one issue or update the existing one, depending on how your automation prompt is written. You can refine the prompt to be explicit about this behavior.
Can I filter which assignments trigger this?
Yes. Your automation prompt can include filters, like 'only for assignments worth more than 20 points' or 'exclude ungraded submissions.' Just mention the rule in your plain-language prompt when creating the automation.
What happens if I grade 50 assignments at once?
Notis will create 50 Linear issues (or update existing ones) in batch. This is exactly why this workflow is valuable for neurodivergent founders: it prevents the context-switching tax of manually logging each one.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Linear actions
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Create linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Create a label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
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