Connect Google Docs to Canvas
When something happens in Google Docs, Notis takes the next step in Canvas. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.
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Ways Notis can move work from Google Docs to Canvas
Turn a New Course Brief into a Canvas Assignment
When a new Google Doc course brief appears, create a structured Canvas assignment from its requirements.
Publish a Filled Lesson Doc as a Canvas Page
When a placeholder is filled in a Google Doc, create a polished Canvas course page from the completed lesson.
Create a Canvas Discussion from an Updated Syllabus
When a matching syllabus document changes, create a Canvas discussion topic that invites student questions.
Refresh a Canvas Assignment from an Updated Spec
When an assignment specification changes in Google Docs, update the matching Canvas assignment with the latest requirements.
Build a Canvas Module When Course Content Is Ready
When a Google Doc reaches a word-count threshold, create a Canvas module for the finished learning unit.
Post a Canvas Discussion Entry When a Keyword Appears
When a defined keyword appears in a Google Doc, post the relevant context to an existing Canvas discussion.
Create a Canvas Folder from a Structured Resource Doc
When a resource document gains structural elements such as tables or headers, create a matching Canvas folder.
Schedule a Canvas Calendar Event from a New Planning Doc
When a new Google Doc contains a dated course milestone, create a Canvas calendar event with the relevant context.
Retire a Canvas Assignment When Its Source Doc Is Deleted
When a source Google Doc is trashed, soft-delete the corresponding Canvas assignment after checking the match.
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Docs to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Docs 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 Document Created
Triggers when a new Google Doc is created. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when new documents are detected. Uses timestamp filtering to efficiently poll for new documents.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Document Deleted
Triggers when an existing Google Doc is deleted (moved to trash). This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are trashed.
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.
Document Placeholder Filled
Triggers when a Google Doc's plain text changes such that a configured placeholder token/pattern is no longer present (i.e., the document has been filled in). This trigger monitors a specific Google Doc and fires when a placeholder pattern that was previously present is no longer found in the document's plain text.
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.
Document Search Update
Triggers when a Google Doc matching a user-defined search query is newly created or updated since the last poll. This trigger uses timestamp filtering to efficiently monitor documents.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
Document Structure Changed
Triggers when a Google Doc's structure changes (headers/footers added/removed, tables/images count changes). This trigger monitors a specific document for structural changes like: - Headers added or removed - Footers added or removed - Tables added or removed - Images (inline objects) added or removed - Positioned objects added or removed - Footnotes added or removed
Create content share
Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.
Document Updated
Triggers when an existing Google Doc is updated or modified. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are updated.
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.
Four ways to start an automation.
A trigger is the event that kicks a workflow off. Notis supports four kinds: an event in a connected app, an inbound webhook, a recurring schedule, and soon, your own database.
Integration triggers
Fire when something happens inside a connected app. New Notion page, Stripe charge, Linear issue: any of 1,000+ apps can start a workflow.
Webhook triggers
A unique URL per workflow. Anything that can send an HTTP POST can start an automation, including no-code tools that speak webhooks.
Recurring triggers
Cron-style schedules run a workflow on the clock. Daily standups, hourly syncs, business-hours-only digests: the workhorse of Notis.
Database triggers
Watch a row, query, or threshold in your own database and fire the moment the data changes. Row inserted, value crosses a limit, query starts matching.
Classic automation breaks. AI adapts.
Same triggers and actions, smarter middle. AI handles the fuzziness that breaks traditional Zapier-style workflows the moment a field gets renamed.
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