Apply assignment extensions from eligible email requests
When a clear extension request arrives, let Notis create the Canvas override for the specified student, group, or section.
Trigger
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Action
Create assignment override
Creates an assignment override to adjust due/unlock/lock dates for an assignment in a course, targeting specific students (requires `title`), a group, or a course section; at least one target (`student ids`, `group id`, or `course section id`) is required.
Why this helps
Assignment extension requests are easy to miss in email and take repeated work to reflect accurately in Canvas.
- Reduce manual handling of extension requests
- Reflect approved date changes in Canvas
- Keep the assignment and its target connected
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Agent mail and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation from Automations, New Automation.
- 3Tell Notis which requests are eligible, what approved dates to use, and how to identify the target student, group, or section.
- 4Choose New Email Received as the trigger and select a destination for run reports.
- 5Test with one real eligible request and review the override.
Questions about this workflow
Can it decide whether an extension is approved?
Define the approval signal Notis should rely on. If approval is not present in the email context, provide that decision explicitly rather than asking Notis to guess.
What does Canvas require for an override?
At least one target is required: student ids, group id, or course section id. The action also requires a title.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Agent mail to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Agent mail 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 global notification within a canvas account, ensuring `end at` is after `start at` and any specified `notification roles` are valid.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create appointment group
Creates a new appointment group in canvas for schedulable time slots within specified course or group contexts.
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Create assignment override
Creates an assignment override to adjust due/unlock/lock dates for an assignment in a course, targeting specific students (requires `title`), a group, or a course section; at least one target (`student ids`, `group id`, or `course section id`) is required.
Create Calendar Event
Creates a calendar event with options for recurrence (finite `rrule` series only), section-specific timings, and blackout dates within a specified context.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
Create content share
Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.
Create conversation
Use to send messages in canvas by creating a new conversation or adding to an existing one; an existing conversation with the same recipients (and matching scope/filter, if specified) may be reused unless `force new` is true.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Agent mail and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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