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Check conditions when a new course file arrives

A new file can prompt a quick review of available conditions that may matter to your follow-up.

Trigger

New Canvas File Upload

Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.

Action

Get Conditions

Tool to fetch all evaluatable conditions. use when you need to list available conditions.

Why this helps

Course uploads can arrive amid other work, leaving the next step unclear or easy to miss.

  • Retrieve conditions alongside the file upload event.
  • Summarize likely relevance for a human review.
  • Keep a record in the automation run report.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Canvas and Apilio once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation for file-upload context.
  • 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve Apilio conditions and summarize any potentially relevant to the uploaded file.
  • 4Pick New Canvas File Upload as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
  • 5Test with one real course file upload.

Questions about this workflow

Does this run conditions against the file?

No. The action retrieves the condition list. It does not evaluate conditions or process the file.

Can it summarize the uploaded file?

Only if the trigger provides file details that support a summary. You can also instruct Notis to report which information is missing.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Apilio. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Canvas triggers

Apilio actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Get Boolean Variables

Tool to fetch all boolean variables. use when you need the full list of boolean variables and their current states.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Get Conditions

Tool to fetch all evaluatable conditions. use when you need to list available conditions.

ActionInstant

Canvas Assignment Graded

Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

Get Logicblocks

Tool to fetch all logicblocks of a user. use after authenticating with apilio api when you need to list available logicblocks.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Assignment Submission

Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

Get Numeric Variables

Tool to fetch all numeric variables. use after authenticating the apilio api.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Message

Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.

TriggerPolling

Get String Variables

Tool to fetch all string variables. use after authenticating the apilio api.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Topic

Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.

TriggerPolling

New Course Created for User

Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.

TriggerPolling

New Canvas File Upload

Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.

TriggerPolling

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Canvas and Apilio, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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