Create Canvas assignments from Confluence pages
Publish the brief once in Confluence and let Notis prepare the Canvas assignment.
Trigger
New Page Created
Triggers when a new page is created in Confluence. Optionally filters by space or status.
Action
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Why this helps
Assignment setup gets delayed when the brief and LMS live in separate tools.
- Reduce duplicate copy and paste
- Keep assignment instructions aligned
- Shorten the time from brief to student access
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Confluence and Canvas in Notis once.
- 2Create a new automation and name the workflow.
- 3Tell Notis to create a Canvas assignment from each new Confluence page and infer missing details from the page.
- 4Pick the New Page Created trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test with one real brief and review the run report.
Questions about this workflow
Can Notis create the due date automatically?
It can use a due date stated in the page. If none is present, ask it to leave the date unset and report the missing detail.
Can I limit this to one Confluence space?
Yes. Describe the space or page pattern in the automation instruction and review the first run.
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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.
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.
New Attachment Added
Triggers when a new attachment is uploaded to a Confluence page. Optionally filters by media type.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Blog Post Added to Label
Triggers when a new blog post is added to a specific label in Confluence.
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.
Blogpost Inline Comment Added
Triggers when a new inline comment is added to a Confluence blog post.
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.
Blog Post Like Count Changed
Triggers when a Confluence blog post's like count changes (someone likes or unlikes).
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
Blog Post Updated
Triggers when a Confluence blog post is updated (any edit that creates a new version).
Create content share
Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.
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.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Confluence and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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