Keep Important Submissions Starred and Easy to Find
You get submissions from students or collaborators, but by the time you want to reference that clever one from Tuesday, it's buried in Slack history. Star submissions as they arrive so your favorites are instantly retrievable without scrolling.
Trigger
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Action
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
Why this helps
Great submission work gets lost in Slack channels. You want to reference a great example but can't find it, or you forget to follow up with a student because the submission is buried three days back in the chat.
- Instantly retrieve favorite submissions without digging
- Team can collaboratively curate examples
- Build a searchable library of great work
- Reduce follow-up friction by keeping work visible
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Slack.
- 2Create Automation: Name ('Star Important Work'), Prompt ('Automatically star submissions in Slack so we can easily find and reference student work'), Channel (your submissions channel), Trigger ('New Canvas Assignment Submission').
- 3As submissions arrive in Slack, they'll be starred for easy searching and access.
Questions about this workflow
Can I star only certain submissions (like high grades)?
Refine the prompt to star submissions that meet specific criteria (e.g., 'star submissions with grades above 90%').
Can I search starred submissions easily?
Yes—Slack's star feature lets you filter starred items, making it a searchable archive.
What if I want to manually choose which to star?
You can disable auto-starring and star manually, or create separate automations for different assignment types.
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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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