Turn Canvas Submissions into a Linear Review Queue
Every time a student submits an assignment in Canvas, Notis creates a Linear issue for you to grade and comment on.
Trigger
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Fires when a new submission is made for an assignment.
Action
Create linear issue
Creates an issue in a specified Linear team with the supplied details.
Why this helps
Students submit work in Canvas, but your grading queue lives in Slack reminders or sticky notes. Submissions get overlooked, deadlines blur together.
- Single source of truth for pending submissions
- Organize submissions by due date, student, or assignment
- Track grading progress across your courses
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Linear integrations to Notis once in your portal settings.
- 2Tell Notis: 'When a new Canvas assignment is submitted, create a Linear issue labeled with the student name and course code.' (Or create it in portal Automations.)
- 3Choose Canvas New Assignment Submission as the trigger and pick your notification channel.
- 4Test by having a student (or yourself) submit a test assignment to Canvas, then verify the Linear issue appears.
- 5Refine your prompt if you want issues tagged by course, due date urgency, or submission type.
Questions about this workflow
Can I prioritize submissions by due date?
Yes. Include 'set priority high if due within 24 hours' in your automation prompt, and Notis will interpret it. This helps you spot urgent submissions at a glance.
What if multiple students submit to the same assignment?
Each submission gets its own Linear issue. This is intentional: it keeps your review queue granular and prevents context-switching when grading different students' work.
Does this work for late submissions?
Absolutely. Notis captures late submissions the same way and can automatically tag them or set a different priority if your prompt specifies.
When this happens · Trigger
Fires when a new submission is made for an assignment.
Do this · Action
Creates an issue in a specified Linear team with the supplied details.
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
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Archive issue
Archives a Linear issue while preserving its data for future reference.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create a comment
Add a comment to an issue; this shared workspace change cannot be undone.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Fires when a new submission for an assignment is graded.
Archive Project
Confirm the project name before archiving, especially in bulk; it leaves active views but can be unarchived later.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Fires when a new submission is made for an assignment.
Create linear issue
Creates an issue in a specified Linear team with the supplied details.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Fires when a new message is posted in a discussion topic.
Archive Project Update
Hides a project update from active views while keeping its data; it is irreversible only until it is unarchived.
Conditions and details
The update is archived, not permanently deleted: it is hidden from the default and active views and its data is preserved. It can be unarchived later; the action is irreversible only in the sense that the update stays hidden until it is explicitly unarchived.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Fires when a new discussion topic is created in a course.
Get create issue default params
Retrieve a team's default issue estimate and workflow state for new issue forms.
New Course Created for User
Fires when a new course is created for a user.
Create attachment
Creates an attachment and associates it with an existing issue.
New Canvas File Upload
Fires when a new file is uploaded to a course.
Create a label
Creates a label for a Linear team or returns an existing label with the exact same name.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Linear, or any other combination from 1,500+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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