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Start a new course with a clear media overview

A new course is a good moment to understand the existing asset structure. Retrieve Cloudinary root folders to see the available top-level organization before planning course media.

Trigger

New Course Created for User

Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.

Action

Get Root Folders

Tool to list all root folders in the product environment. use when you need to retrieve top-level asset folders.

Why this helps

New course setup often starts without a clear picture of where shared media already lives.

  • Shows top-level Cloudinary folder organization during course setup
  • Helps course owners plan where media belongs
  • Reduces unnecessary duplicate folders and misplaced assets

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Canvas and Cloudinary once in Notis.
  • 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis to create one.
  • 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve Cloudinary root folders when a course is created and report the result for setup review.
  • 4Pick the New Course Created for User trigger and choose where run reports go.
  • 5Test with one real course creation event and confirm the root folder list is useful.

Questions about this workflow

Will this create a folder for the new course?

No. This workflow retrieves the root folder list. Creating a folder would require a separate workflow using the Cloudinary Create Folder action.

Does the trigger cover every Canvas course?

The listed trigger polls for newly created courses for a specific user. Choose the applicable user when selecting the trigger.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Canvas triggers

Cloudinary actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Create Folder

Tool to create a new asset folder. use when you need to organize assets into nested directories. use after confirming the folder path does not already exist.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create Metadata Field

Tool to create a new metadata field definition. use when extending your metadata schema with new fields.

ActionInstant

Canvas Assignment Graded

Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

Create Trigger

Tool to create a new webhook trigger for a specified event type. use after configuring your webhook endpoint and choosing the event type. example: "create a trigger for uploads to https://example.com/hooks/cloudinary"

ActionInstant

New Canvas Assignment Submission

Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

Create Upload Mapping

Tool to create a new upload mapping folder and url template. use when you need to dynamically map external url prefixes to a cloudinary asset folder before uploading files.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Message

Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.

TriggerPolling

Create Upload Preset

Tool to create a new upload preset. use when defining centralized upload options (tags, formats, transformations, etc.) before asset uploads.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Topic

Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.

TriggerPolling

Delete Derived Resources

Tool to delete derived assets. use when you need to remove specific derived assets by their ids. example: "delete derived assets with ids [id1, id2]".

ActionInstant

New Course Created for User

Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.

TriggerPolling

Delete Metadata Field Datasource Entries

Tool to delete datasource entries for a specified metadata field. use when you need to soft-delete (inactivate) specific entries in a field's datasource. example prompt: "delete entries ['color1','color2'] from metadata field 'color id'"

ActionInstant

New Canvas File Upload

Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.

TriggerPolling

Delete Folder

Tool to delete an empty asset folder. use when the folder is confirmed empty and you need to remove it.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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

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