Stay Connected to All Your Course Channels
You're in five Slack course channels but lose track of which are active, which have important discussions you should catch up on. Get a weekly summary of your course channels and recent activity so you stay connected without obsessive checking.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Find channels
Find channels in a slack workspace by any criteria - name, topic, purpose, or description.
Why this helps
You miss activity in some course channels because they're quiet, while others are loud. You never get a high-level picture of where discussions are happening and which classes need your attention.
- One summary of all course channel activity
- Never miss quiet but important classes
- Balance attention across courses
- Structured check-in replaces obsessive scrolling
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Slack.
- 2Create Automation: Name ('Course Channels Overview'), Prompt ('Every Friday, search my Slack for all course channels and send me a summary of recent activity and discussions so I know what's happening in each class'), Channel (your personal channel), Trigger ('notis_cron' - weekly Friday).
- 3You'll get a weekly summary of course channel activity without manually reviewing each one.
Questions about this workflow
How many course channels can this cover?
As many as you have—Notis searches all and provides a comprehensive summary.
Will I see every message or just key highlights?
Refine the prompt to get highlights (most active threads) or full summaries, depending on your preference.
Can I use this to find inactive courses I should drop?
Yes—the summary helps you identify which courses need attention and which are dormant.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Slack actions
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Add a custom emoji to a Slack team
Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Add an emoji alias
Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Add a remote file
Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
Add reaction to message
Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.
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