Create a Canvas module when content reaches ready size
When a unit is substantial enough to ship, Notis can create its Canvas module and keep course assembly moving.
Trigger
Document Word Count Threshold
Triggers when a Google Doc's word/character count crosses a user-defined threshold. This trigger monitors a specific Google Doc and fires when its word or character count becomes greater than or equal to the configured threshold value.
Action
Create Module
Creates a new organizational module within a specified canvas lms course, with options for availability, sequencing, and prerequisites.
Why this helps
Course builders forget to create the Canvas structure after content reaches a usable draft size.
- Turn writing progress into course structure
- Keep modules organized
- Reduce end-of-week setup
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Docs and Canvas in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation that creates a module from the document title and outline when the content is ready.
- 3Pick Document Word Count Threshold as the trigger.
- 4Choose a report channel and test with one document that crosses the threshold.
Questions about this workflow
Can the threshold represent characters instead of words?
Yes. The trigger supports a configured word or character threshold.
Can Notis use the document outline?
Ask it to use headings and sections from the document when naming or describing the module.
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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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Google Docs and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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