Save Canvas grading feedback as a PDF
Keep grade results and instructor feedback together in a shareable document as soon as grading is complete.
Trigger
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Action
Convert HTML to PDF
Tool to convert html or a public url into a pdf document. use when you need programmatic pdf generation from html content.
Why this helps
Finding and compiling feedback across graded submissions takes time and makes it easy to miss useful records.
- Create a readable PDF for each newly graded submission.
- Keep grades and feedback together in a portable record.
- Reduce manual copying from Canvas.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Cloudlayer once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or by describing it to Notis.
- 3Tell Notis to create a PDF record of each graded submission, including its grade and feedback.
- 4Choose the Canvas Assignment Graded trigger and a report channel.
- 5Test with one real graded submission.
Questions about this workflow
What starts this workflow?
Canvas Assignment Graded, which polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Can the PDF include grade and feedback?
Ask Notis to include the grade and feedback returned for the submission. If Canvas does not return a desired detail, provide it in your instruction or omit it.
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