Start the week with a clear view of course assignments
Have Notis gather the course assignments on a schedule and summarize the work that deserves your attention.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get all assignments
Retrieves the assignments for a specific Canvas course.
Why this helps
Assignment lists can be spread across courses, leaving deadlines easy to overlook when you are busy.
- Review assignment workload in one summary.
- Make upcoming work easier to plan.
- Avoid checking the course assignment list manually.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis to fetch assignments for the specified course and summarize the work that needs attention.
- 4Choose the recurring schedule trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real course and confirm the summary is useful.
Questions about this workflow
Does this include assignment details from Affinda?
This scheduled workflow uses Canvas to fetch course assignments. Add document context in your instruction only if it is available to Notis from another supplied source.
How often does it run?
You choose a recurring schedule when setting up the Notis cron trigger.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Affinda to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Affinda 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
Cancels quiz report generation or removes a previously generated report.
Create appointment group
Creates an appointment group with schedulable time slots.
Add conversation message
Adds a follow-up message to an existing conversation.
Create an assignment
Creates an assignment in a Canvas course.
Add course to favorites
Adds a course to the current user’s favorites; no change occurs if it is already saved.
Create assignment override
Creates an assignment override to adjust dates for selected students, a group, or a course section.
Add group to favorites
Adds a group to the current user’s favorites; no change occurs if it is already saved.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Affinda and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Save your first hour today.
7-day trial of any paid plan, with 20$ of usage included.
No card. Works with personal or business Canvas.