Onboard New Canvas Courses in Linear Automatically
Every time a new Canvas course is created for you, Notis creates a Linear issue with setup checklist so you don't forget syllabus uploads or rubric links.
Trigger
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Action
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Why this helps
New courses appear in Canvas without a corresponding setup checklist in Linear. Course materials, rubrics, and tools end up scattered, not centralized.
- Systematic course onboarding in Linear
- No forgotten course setup steps
- All courses tracked in one project backlog
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Linear to Notis in your portal integrations.
- 2Tell Notis: 'When a new Canvas course is created, create a Linear issue with the course name and a checklist for uploading syllabus, creating grading rubric, and setting office hours.' (Or create in portal Automations.)
- 3Select Canvas New Course Created as the trigger and pick your notification channel.
- 4Test by creating a test Canvas course and verifying the Linear issue appears with your checklist.
- 5Refine your prompt if you want to add course code, term, or other metadata to the issue.
Questions about this workflow
Can the Linear issue include a course setup checklist?
Yes. Tell Notis 'include a checklist with items like setup-canvas-pages, create-syllabus, design-rubric,' and it will build an interactive checklist in the Linear issue.
What if a course is created for a department I don't manage?
Your prompt can filter: 'only create issues for courses I'm enrolled as instructor.' Notis will ignore courses for other departments.
Can I assign the Linear issue to a team member for setup?
Yes. Include 'assign to [team member]' in your prompt, and Notis will route course setup issues to the right person.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Linear actions
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Create linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Create a label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Not just Canvas and Linear. Any combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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