Send Telegram Alert When a New Canvas Course Is Created
New courses pop up in Canvas, and information scatters across channels. Notis alerts your team in Telegram instantly so everyone stays coordinated.
Trigger
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Action
Send Message
Send a text message to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
New courses get lost in the shuffle. Remembering to tell team members, update documentation, and sync tools requires multiple manual steps and often gets forgotten.
- Your team knows about new courses immediately
- Onboarding tasks get triggered faster
- No more scattered communication about new courses
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Telegram to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: "Alert my team in Telegram whenever a new course is created."
- 3Set the trigger to monitor your Canvas account for new courses.
- 4Choose the Telegram channel or group for notifications.
- 5Create a test course in Canvas and confirm the alert appears.
Questions about this workflow
Can I filter which new courses trigger the alert?
Yes. Use your automation prompt to filter by course name, term, or instructor (e.g., "Only alert if the course name contains 'Summer 2026'").
Can I include onboarding links in the message?
Absolutely. Your prompt can ask Notis to include links to setup guides, enrollment tools, or your course template.
Will this trigger for every course created, even if I'm not involved?
The automation watches courses created for your user account. Adjust the trigger to only monitor specific Canvas accounts or institutions if needed.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Telegram actions
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Answer Callback Query
Use this method to send answers to callback queries sent from inline keyboards. the answer will be displayed to the user as a notification at the top of the chat screen or as an alert.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Export Chat Invite Link
Generate a new primary invite link for a chat; any previously generated primary link is revoked. the bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Get Chat Info
Get up to date information about the chat (current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or channel, etc.).
Get Chat Administrators
Get a list of administrators in a chat. on success, returns an array of chatmember objects that contains information about all chat administrators except other bots.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
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