Update a Canvas assignment when task details change
Change the task once and keep the corresponding Canvas assignment current.
Trigger
Task Details Changed
Triggers when a specific task's details change. This trigger monitors a single Google Task and fires when any of its details (title, notes, status, due date, completion, position) are modified.
Action
Edit assignment
Updates an existing assignment in a canvas course (identified by `course id` and `assignment id`); only attributes explicitly provided in the request are modified.
Why this helps
Due dates and instructions drift when planning notes change after an assignment is published.
- Keep instructions consistent
- Reduce deadline drift
- Avoid manual Canvas edits
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Tasks and Canvas in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation for synchronizing linked assignment details.
- 3Tell Notis how to identify the Canvas assignment and which changed task details should update it.
- 4Pick Task Details Changed as the trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test with one task whose notes or due date you can safely change.
Questions about this workflow
Which task changes can be considered?
The trigger can detect title, notes, status, due date, completion, and position changes.
Does this create a new assignment every time?
No. The workflow uses the Edit assignment action for an existing Canvas assignment.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Tasks to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Tasks 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 Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created in a Google Tasks list. Uses timestamp filtering (updatedMin) to efficiently detect new tasks.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
New Task List Created
Triggers when a new Google Tasks task list is created. This trigger monitors Google Tasks and fires when new task lists are detected.
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.
Task Details Changed
Triggers when a specific task's details change. This trigger monitors a single Google Task and fires when any of its details (title, notes, status, due date, completion, position) are modified.
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.
Task List Changed
Triggers when a task list changes (title or content updates). This trigger monitors a specific Google Tasks list and fires when changes are detected.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
Task Updated
Triggers when an existing task is updated in a Google Tasks list. This trigger monitors a specific task list and fires when tasks are modified.
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.
Google Tasks and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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