Create planned Canvas assignments on schedule
Keep planned assignments moving by having Notis process your provided plan and create the Canvas item on schedule.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create an assignment
Creates an assignment in a Canvas course.
Why this helps
Assignments planned in advance can still be forgotten when the time comes to enter them in Canvas.
- Run a repeatable assignment creation routine.
- Process plan text supplied to the workflow.
- Reduce the chance of a planned assignment being missed.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Abstract and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name and prompt.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to process the assignment plan supplied for the run and create the specified assignment in its existing Canvas course.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real assignment plan and confirm the created assignment.
Questions about this workflow
Where does the assignment plan come from?
Provide the plan in the automation instruction or another input available to the run. A schedule alone does not supply assignment content.
Can the workflow create an assignment in a course it discovers?
The request must identify the existing course. The workflow should not guess a course.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Abstract to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Abstract triggers
Canvas actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create account notification
Creates a notification for the Canvas account.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Abort Quiz Report Generation
Create appointment group
Creates an appointment group with schedulable time slots.
Add conversation message
Create an assignment
Creates an assignment in a Canvas course.
Add course to favorites
Create assignment override
Creates an assignment override to adjust dates for selected students, a group, or a course section.
Add group to favorites
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Abstract and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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