Weekly Course Activity Sync from Canvas to Linear
Every Friday at 3pm, Notis syncs the week's Canvas activity (submissions, grades, discussions) to update Linear issue statuses and progress.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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
Canvas has the current state of assignments and discussions, but Linear issues get stale. Team members check Linear and don't see that an assignment is due Friday or that students already submitted.
- Linear issues reflect current Canvas status
- No manual weekly status reviews
- Team sees real progress without alt-tabbing to Canvas
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Linear to Notis in your portal integrations.
- 2Tell Notis: 'Every Friday at 3pm, review all Canvas assignments and discussions from the past week. Update matching Linear issue statuses: if submissions arrived, mark as in-review; if all graded, mark as done.' (Or create in portal Automations.)
- 3Select Weekly Cron as the trigger (or 'every Friday at 3pm') and pick your notification channel.
- 4Test by manually triggering the automation to see how Linear issue statuses update based on Canvas activity.
- 5Adjust the day/time if you prefer a different weekly sync window.
Questions about this workflow
Can I sync specific status changes from Canvas to Linear?
Yes. Tell Notis 'if assignment due date passed, mark Linear issue as overdue; if submissions arrived, mark as in-review,' etc.
What if an issue doesn't have a Canvas equivalent?
Notis will skip it. Only issues with corresponding Canvas assignments/discussions are synced.
Can I include a summary comment of the week's activity in each issue?
Yes. Tell Notis 'add a comment summarizing this week's activity: X new submissions, Y grades posted, Z discussions.' It will be appended to the issue.
When this happens · Trigger
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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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