Route Airtable base changes to the right Canvas owner
When a base is renamed or its permission level changes, notify the Canvas recipient you choose and ask them to check the relevant ownership or access guidance.
Trigger
Base Metadata Changed
Triggers when an existing Airtable base changes its name or permission level.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Base name and permission changes can leave course guidance or ownership expectations out of date.
- Make base metadata changes visible to a named Canvas recipient.
- Prompt a focused access or documentation review.
- Reduce missed handoffs after base changes.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Airtable and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation and describe the Canvas recipient, message, and review action.
- 3Pick the Airtable Base Metadata Changed trigger.
- 4Choose where Notis should send run reports.
- 5Test with one real base metadata change and confirm the message.
Questions about this workflow
Can this change Airtable permissions?
No. This workflow sends a Canvas conversation after a base name or permission level changes. It does not modify Airtable access.
What if a permission change needs special handling?
Include the expected review or escalation instruction and recipient in the automation prompt. Notis should not infer an access policy you have not supplied.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Airtable to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Airtable 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.
Base Metadata Changed
Triggers when an existing Airtable base changes its name or permission level.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Base Schema Changed
Triggers when tables, fields, or views change in an Airtable base.
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.
User Profile Changed
Triggers when the connected Airtable user's profile information changes.
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.
View Created
Triggers when a new view is created in an Airtable base.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
View Deleted
Triggers when a previously known Airtable view is deleted.
Create content share
Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.
View Metadata Changed
Triggers when an Airtable view changes its name or type.
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.
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