Start Your Day Knowing What Happened in Canvas
Your Canvas courses had activity all day but you won't see it until you log in. Start each morning with a Slack message that summarizes yesterday's Canvas activity—new assignments, graded work, discussion posts, file uploads—all in one place. Stay informed without context-switching.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Post message to channel
Deprecated: posts a message to a slack channel, direct message, or private channel. use `send message` instead.
Why this helps
You check Canvas every few days and feel behind. Your team doesn't realize new assignments posted because nobody told them. Information feels scattered and you're always playing catch-up on what changed.
- Instant daily overview—no Canvas login needed
- Catch new assignments and deadlines early
- Team stays informed about course changes
- One message covers all your courses
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Slack.
- 2Create Automation: Name ('Daily Canvas Sync'), Prompt ('Every morning at 7 AM, send me a Slack message summarizing what happened in Canvas yesterday—new assignments, submissions, grades, and discussions'), Channel (your personal or team channel), Trigger ('notis_cron' - daily at 7 AM).
- 3Tomorrow morning, you'll get a summary Slack message of all Canvas activity.
Questions about this workflow
Can I choose different times for different courses?
Yes—create separate automations for key courses if you want multiple snapshots at different times.
Will the summary include details I can act on immediately?
Yes—Notis includes actionable items like upcoming deadlines and newly graded work.
What if there's no activity that day?
You'll still get a brief 'all quiet' message so you have peace of mind.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Slack actions
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Add a custom emoji to a Slack team
Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Add an emoji alias
Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Add a remote file
Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
Add reaction to message
Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.
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