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Track Canvas grading milestones in Datadog

Keep grading progress visible in the same event stream you use to review service activity.

Trigger

Canvas Assignment Graded

Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.

Action

Create event

Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.

Why this helps

Grading updates can be easy to miss when they live apart from your operational timeline.

  • Keep a searchable record of grading activity.
  • Review course milestones alongside other Datadog events.
  • Reduce manual status checks across tools.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Canvas and Datadog once in Notis.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis what to do from a channel.
  • 3In one instruction, ask Notis to create a Datadog event for each newly graded submission, using only details returned by Canvas.
  • 4Pick the Canvas Assignment Graded trigger and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real graded submission.

Questions about this workflow

What starts this automation?

A newly graded submission for the specific Canvas assignment selected in the trigger.

Will the event include a student's grade?

Ask Notis to include only details returned by Canvas that you want in the event; the workflow does not assume a grading scale or add missing information.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Canvas triggers

Datadog actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Create Dashboard

Create a dashboard in datadog. dashboards provide customizable visualizations for monitoring your infrastructure, applications, and business metrics in a unified view.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create downtime

Creates a new downtime in datadog to suppress alerts during maintenance windows or planned outages. useful for preventing false alarms during deployments or maintenance.

ActionInstant

Canvas Assignment Graded

Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

Create event

Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Assignment Submission

Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

Create monitor

Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Message

Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.

TriggerPolling

Create SLO

Create a service level objective (slo) in datadog. slos help you define and track reliability targets for your services, enabling data-driven decisions about service quality and reliability investments.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Topic

Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.

TriggerPolling

Create Synthetic API Test

Create a synthetic api test in datadog. creates a new synthetic api test that continuously monitors api endpoints from multiple locations worldwide. useful for proactive monitoring of api uptime, performance, and functionality.

ActionInstant

New Course Created for User

Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.

TriggerPolling

Create Webhook

Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.

ActionInstant

New Canvas File Upload

Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.

TriggerPolling

Delete Dashboard

Delete a dashboard in datadog. permanently removes a dashboard from your organization. this action cannot be undone. use with caution.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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

When this happens · Trigger

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