See what changed in your course Drive files
Review Drive file changes on a schedule and get the details in a concise digest.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
List Changes
Tool to list the changes for a user or shared drive. use when you need to track modifications to files and folders, such as creations, deletions, or permission changes. this action requires a `pagetoken` which can be initially obtained using the `get changes start page token` action or from a previous `list changes` response.
Why this helps
File updates can go unnoticed when you have to compare folders manually between course reviews.
- Surface file changes without manually checking each item.
- Make the review period explicit with a saved page token.
- Get a concise digest that is easier to act on.
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 list changes using a saved page token and summarize changes relevant to your course.
- 4Choose the notis_cron trigger and select where run reports go.
- 5Test with a valid token from a prior start-token run and review the digest.
Questions about this workflow
Where does the page token come from?
Use the token returned by the Google Drive start page token action and make it available to this automation.
Can this run without a token?
The Drive changes listing action requires a page token, so the instruction must have a valid saved token available.
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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.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
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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