Daily Canvas File Upload Review Queue in Linear
Every morning at 7am, Notis creates a Linear issue summarizing yesterday's Canvas file uploads, ready for your review.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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
Files are uploaded throughout the day. You check Canvas sporadically and miss uploads. By week's end, there's a pile of unsorted files.
- Structured daily review of uploaded materials
- No scattered file checking throughout the day
- All files in one Linear issue each morning
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Linear to Notis in your portal integrations.
- 2Tell Notis: 'Every morning at 7am, create a Linear issue listing all files uploaded to Canvas in the past 24 hours. Include file name, uploader, and time.' (Or create in portal Automations.)
- 3Select Daily Cron as the trigger (or 'every morning at 7am') and pick your notification channel.
- 4Test by manually triggering the automation to see the Linear issue with file listings.
- 5Adjust the time if you prefer afternoon file reviews or a different schedule.
Questions about this workflow
Can I change the time the batch runs?
Yes. Tell Notis 'every afternoon at 3pm' or 'every evening at 6pm,' and it will batch files on your schedule.
What if no files are uploaded in a given day?
Notis will still create the issue but note 'no new files.' This keeps your routine predictable even on quiet days.
Can I attach the actual files to the Linear issue?
Yes. Tell Notis 'attach all uploaded files to the Linear issue,' and they'll be accessible directly from Linear.
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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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