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Choose a design for an assignment milestone

When learners submit work for a defined milestone, have Notis retrieve available certificate and badge designs for your review.

Trigger

New Canvas Assignment Submission

Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.

Action

List Designs

Tool to list all designs. use after authentication to retrieve certificate and badge designs with pagination.

Why this helps

Planning recognition for an assignment can mean switching away from the course to search for suitable credential designs.

  • Make design review part of assignment milestone planning.
  • See available certificate and badge options in response to real course activity.
  • Keep credential planning focused on a defined submission.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Canvas and Certifier once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
  • 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve designs and summarize options for the milestone.
  • 4Pick New Canvas Assignment Submission as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
  • 5Test with one real submission and review the available designs.

Questions about this workflow

Does the workflow issue the selected design?

No. It lists designs so you can review them. Credential issuance is a separate action.

Can I include my criteria for a suitable design?

Yes. Describe the milestone and your selection criteria in the instruction.

Does it need details about the submitted file?

Only if you want those considered and they are available in the event data or supplied in the instruction.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Canvas triggers

Certifier actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Send a Credential

Tool to send a published credential via email. use after confirming the credential is published.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create, issue, and send credential

Tool to create, issue, and send a credential in a single request. use when group id and recipient details are ready.

ActionInstant

Canvas Assignment Graded

Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

List Credential Interactions

Tool to list credential interactions. use when you need to retrieve interaction events for a specific credential, with optional filtering and pagination.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Assignment Submission

Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

List Credentials

Tool to list credentials. use after authentication to retrieve paginated credentials.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Message

Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.

TriggerPolling

List Designs

Tool to list all designs. use after authentication to retrieve certificate and badge designs with pagination.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Topic

Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.

TriggerPolling

List Groups

Tool to list all groups. use when you need to retrieve groups with pagination (limit and cursor).

ActionInstant

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 Certifier, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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