Sync Canvas Submission Status to Linear Issues
When a student submits an assignment in Canvas, Notis updates the corresponding Linear issue status from 'pending' to 'submitted' so your board is always current.
Trigger
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Action
Update issue
Updates an existing linear issue using its `issue id`; requires at least one other attribute for modification, and all provided entity ids (for state, assignee, labels, etc.) must be valid.
Why this helps
Students submit assignments in Canvas, but Linear issues stay marked as 'pending' or 'in progress'. You manually update status, creating duplicate work.
- Linear board reflects actual submission status
- No manual status updates
- Team sees current progress at a glance
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Linear to Notis in your portal integrations.
- 2Tell Notis: 'When a Canvas submission arrives, update the matching Linear issue status to submitted. If it's late, add the late-submission label.' (Or create in portal Automations.)
- 3Select Canvas New Assignment Submission as the trigger and pick your notification channel.
- 4Test by having a student submit an assignment and verifying the Linear issue status changes automatically.
- 5Refine your prompt if you want different status names (e.g., in-review, graded, returned-to-student).
Questions about this workflow
Can I set different statuses for early vs. late submissions?
Yes. Tell Notis 'if submitted before due date, set status to ready-for-review; if late, set to submitted-late and add a label.'
What Linear status names are available?
Whatever statuses your Linear team has defined (e.g., backlog, in-progress, in-review, done). Notis uses your team's existing workflow states.
Can I also update a Linear field with the submission date/time?
Yes. Include 'set the due-date field to the submission timestamp' in your prompt, and Notis will record when the assignment was submitted.
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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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