Send a Canvas course message for new Drive resources
New course resources can trigger a short Canvas message, so people know what is ready without another manual reminder.
Trigger
New File Matching Query
Triggers when a new Google Drive file matches a provided query. This is the legacy query-centric trigger: it preserves Drive API query config such as ``corpora`` / ``driveId`` aliases and emits the historical ``file_matching_query`` event type. ``FileCreatedTrigger`` covers the broader "new file" case and emits ``file_created``.
Action
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.
Why this helps
New materials can sit unnoticed in Drive while instructors remember to message the class separately.
- Promptly notify course recipients when resources appear.
- Cut the extra step of composing a separate message.
- Use a query to focus notifications on relevant new files.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis in plain language.
- 3Describe which matching Drive resources warrant a Canvas message, who should receive it, and what it should say.
- 4Pick the Google Drive New File Matching Query trigger, set its query, and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real matching file and review the Canvas conversation.
Questions about this workflow
Can I limit notifications to a particular folder or file type?
The trigger supports a Drive query. Provide the query criteria when selecting the trigger and explain the intended audience in your instruction.
Can Notis send to an existing conversation?
The Canvas conversation action can create a conversation or add to an existing one when the recipients and scope match. Specify your preference in the instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive 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.
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
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.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
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.
File Shared (Permissions Added)
Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Create content share
Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
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.
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