Retrieve assignment details on demand
Give support and planning requests the exact assignment context they need.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Get assignment
Retrieves detailed information for a specific assignment within a given course in canvas.
Why this helps
People waste time searching for assignment settings before they can answer a simple question.
- Answer questions faster
- Reduce lookup errors
- Keep support responses grounded
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation and describe the assignment details the response should include.
- 3Pick a Notis webhook trigger.
- 4Choose where reports go, send one real request, and review the result.
Questions about this workflow
Can it retrieve rubric information too?
Use the dedicated rubric action when a rubric is specifically needed.
Can it fetch an assignment by title?
Provide the course and assignment identifiers required by the Canvas action.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Fireflies to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Fireflies 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.
Transcription Complete Trigger
Triggers when a transcription is complete. Polls Fireflies API for transcripts created or updated since the last poll time. Handles rate limiting gracefully.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
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.
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.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
Create content share
Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.
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.
Fireflies and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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