Track new Canvas course launch work in Bitbucket
Start a course with a concise launch checklist that your team can review and update.
Trigger
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Action
Create an issue
Creates a new issue in a bitbucket repository, setting the authenticated user as reporter; ensures assignee (if provided) has repository access, and that any specified milestone, version, or component ids exist.
Why this helps
Course launch tasks can be scattered across conversations and remembered too late.
- Create a launch checklist when a course is created.
- Use a repeatable checklist defined by your team.
- Keep launch follow-up in a trackable issue.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Bitbucket once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation in plain language or in Automations, New Automation.
- 3Describe the launch checklist and ask Notis to include only course context available from the event.
- 4Pick New Course Created for User as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real course creation.
Questions about this workflow
Does Canvas provide the launch checklist?
No checklist is listed in the trigger description. Include the checks you want Notis to use in the automation prompt.
Can this update course settings?
No. This workflow creates a Bitbucket issue with launch follow-up.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Bitbucket. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Bitbucket actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create a branch
Creates a new branch in a bitbucket repository from a target commit hash; the branch name must be unique, adhere to bitbucket's naming conventions, and not include the 'refs/heads/' prefix.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create an issue
Creates a new issue in a bitbucket repository, setting the authenticated user as reporter; ensures assignee (if provided) has repository access, and that any specified milestone, version, or component ids exist.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Create an issue comment
Adds a new comment with markdown support to an existing bitbucket issue.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Create a pull request
Creates a new pull request in a specified bitbucket repository, ensuring the source branch exists and is distinct from the (optional) destination branch.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Create repository
Creates a new bitbucket 'git' repository in a specified workspace, defaulting to the workspace's oldest project if `project key` is not provided.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Create snippet comment
Posts a new top-level comment or a threaded reply to an existing comment on a specified bitbucket snippet.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Delete issue
Permanently deletes a specific issue, identified by its `issue id`, from the repository specified by `repo slug` within the given `workspace`.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Delete repository
Permanently deletes a specified bitbucket repository; this action is irreversible and does not affect forks.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Bitbucket, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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