Check Drive capacity before upload day
Have Notis check your Drive account details on a schedule so storage surprises are easier to catch.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get about
Tool to retrieve information about the user, the user's drive, and system capabilities. use when you need to check storage quotas, user details, or supported import/export formats.
Why this helps
A large course upload can stall when you discover storage limits at the last minute.
- Make storage checks part of upload preparation.
- See account information without navigating Drive settings.
- Catch capacity concerns earlier in the course workflow.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Blackboard and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or describe it to Notis from any channel.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to check Drive account and storage details and report anything relevant to upcoming course uploads.
- 4Choose the notis_cron trigger, set its schedule, and select where run reports go.
- 5Test with one run and check which account details are returned.
Questions about this workflow
Does this check a specific course folder's size?
The action retrieves account and drive information. It is not a per-folder size report.
Can it warn me when I am near a limit?
Notis can compare returned storage details with a threshold you provide in the instruction, if the needed values are returned.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Blackboard to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Blackboard triggers
Google Drive actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Blackboard and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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