Turn new ClickUp lists into Canvas modules
Give each new teaching workstream a matching place in the course structure.
Trigger
List Created
Triggers when a new List is created.
Action
Create Module
Creates a new organizational module within a specified canvas lms course, with options for availability, sequencing, and prerequisites.
Why this helps
New course units are planned but the Canvas structure gets created later or inconsistently.
- Creates structure sooner
- Improves course organization
- Reduces setup friction
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect ClickUp and Canvas in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation describing the module name and availability rules.
- 3Pick the ClickUp List Created trigger.
- 4Choose a report channel and test with one new list.
Questions about this workflow
Can it add prerequisites?
Yes, include the prerequisite rule if the required Canvas modules are known.
Can it create an unpublished module?
Yes, specify the intended workflow state.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Clickup to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Clickup triggers
Canvas actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create account notification
Creates a global notification within a canvas account, ensuring `end at` is after `start at` and any specified `notification roles` are valid.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create appointment group
Creates a new appointment group in canvas for schedulable time slots within specified course or group contexts.
Folder Created
Triggers when a new Folder is created.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Folder Deleted
Triggers when a Folder is deleted.
Create assignment override
Creates an assignment override to adjust due/unlock/lock dates for an assignment in a course, targeting specific students (requires `title`), a group, or a course section; at least one target (`student ids`, `group id`, or `course section id`) is required.
Folder Updated
Triggers when a Folder is updated (renamed, content edited, etc.).
Create Calendar Event
Creates a calendar event with options for recurrence (finite `rrule` series only), section-specific timings, and blackout dates within a specified context.
List Created
Triggers when a new List is created.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
List Deleted
Triggers when a List is deleted.
Create content share
Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.
List Updated
Triggers when a List is updated (renamed, content edited, etc.).
Create conversation
Use to send messages in canvas by creating a new conversation or adding to an existing one; an existing conversation with the same recipients (and matching scope/filter, if specified) may be reused unless `force new` is true.
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