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Organize new Confluence attachments in Canvas

New files can land in a clear Canvas location instead of another untracked download.

Trigger

New Attachment Added

Triggers when a new attachment is uploaded to a Confluence page. Optionally filters by media type.

Action

Create Folder

Creates a new folder in canvas within a specified context (e.g., course, user) and optional parent folder; ensure the context and any parent folder (specified by id or path, not both) already exist.

Why this helps

Course assets scatter across pages and drives, making the latest file hard to find.

  • Improve asset discoverability
  • Reduce duplicate uploads
  • Create a predictable course structure

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Confluence and Canvas once.
  • 2Create an automation for attachment organization.
  • 3Tell Notis to create or reuse a Canvas folder based on the attachment context and report the source file.
  • 4Pick the New Attachment Added trigger and choose a report channel.
  • 5Test with one attachment.

Questions about this workflow

Does this upload the file too?

This workflow creates the folder action. If you need file transfer, state the available Canvas file handling in your instruction and review the result.

Can media types be filtered?

Yes. Use the trigger's optional media type filter when selecting it.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Confluence to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Confluence triggers

Canvas actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

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.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create appointment group

Creates a new appointment group in canvas for schedulable time slots within specified course or group contexts.

ActionInstant

New Attachment Added

Triggers when a new attachment is uploaded to a Confluence page. Optionally filters by media type.

TriggerPolling

Create an assignment

Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.

ActionInstant

Blog Post Added to Label

Triggers when a new blog post is added to a specific label in Confluence.

TriggerPolling

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.

ActionInstant

Blogpost Inline Comment Added

Triggers when a new inline comment is added to a Confluence blog post.

TriggerPolling

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.

ActionInstant

Blog Post Like Count Changed

Triggers when a Confluence blog post's like count changes (someone likes or unlikes).

TriggerPolling

Create communication channel

Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.

ActionInstant

Blog Post Updated

Triggers when a Confluence blog post is updated (any edit that creates a new version).

TriggerPolling

Create content share

Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.

ActionInstant

Content Restrictions Changed

Triggers when view or edit restrictions change on a Confluence page or blog post. Detects user/group restrictions being added, removed, or modified.

TriggerPolling

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.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Confluence and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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