Keep Course Teams in Sync With Automated Invites
New teammates join your course but you have to manually invite them to the Slack channel. Notis automatically sends invites weekly so nobody feels left out of course communication—onboarding happens automatically.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Invite users to a Slack channel
Invites users to an existing slack channel using their valid slack user ids.
Why this helps
Collaborators miss course announcements and deadlines because they weren't invited to the channel. You end up managing two separate groups and repeating information, burning energy on coordination that should be automatic.
- New collaborators never feel left out
- Course channel stays fully synchronized with Canvas roster
- Zero manual invitation overhead
- Automatic onboarding builds team cohesion
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Slack, and identify your course channels.
- 2Create Automation: Name ('Weekly Course Invites'), Prompt ('Every Monday morning, invite any new Canvas course members to our course Slack channel'), Channel (your team or ops channel), Trigger ('notis_cron' - weekly Monday).
- 3Each week, new course members are automatically invited to the Slack channel.
Questions about this workflow
What if the person doesn't accept the invite?
Notis sends the invite; acceptance is up to them, but they'll see the channel in their sidebar.
Can I set a different schedule?
Yes—adjust to weekly Friday, or any day/time you prefer for onboarding.
What if someone leaves the course?
You can refine the prompt to also remove them from Slack if they drop the course.
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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