Create Canvas modules from new Google Docs
Give each new course unit a clear place in Canvas.
Trigger
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.
Action
Create Module
Creates a new organizational module within a specified canvas lms course, with options for availability, sequencing, and prerequisites.
Why this helps
New unit documents can be created without a matching learner-facing structure.
- Creates structure as units are drafted
- Reduces setup overhead
- Makes course navigation clearer
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Super and Canvas in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named New doc to Canvas module.
- 3Tell Notis to create a Canvas module for each new Google Doc that represents a course unit.
- 4Pick New Document Created as the trigger, choose a report channel, and test with one unit document.
Questions about this workflow
How does it recognize a course unit?
Describe the naming convention or document context that identifies a unit.
Does it add module items?
This workflow creates the module. Add a separate supported action if you need items added.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Super to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Super 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.
Aggregate Metric Changed
Triggers when an aggregate metric (SUM/COUNT/AVG/MIN/MAX) changes in a Google Sheets spreadsheet. This trigger monitors an aggregate calculation on a target column (optionally filtered by a search column/value) and fires when the calculated result changes.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Attendee Response Changed
Polling trigger that fires when any attendee's RSVP changes to accepted, declined, or tentative. Returns attendee info and current status.
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.
Cell Range Values Changed
Triggers when values in a specified A1 range change in Google Sheets. This trigger monitors a specific cell or range of cells and fires when any values change.
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.
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
Conditional Format Rule Changed
Triggers when conditional formatting rules change in a Google Spreadsheet. Detects when rules are added, updated, or removed. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
Create content share
Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.
Data Validation Rule Changed
Triggers when data validation rules change (added/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
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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