Create a Canvas assignment from every new Google Task
Capture the work once in Google Tasks and let Notis prepare the Canvas assignment.
Trigger
New Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created in a Google Tasks list. Uses timestamp filtering (updatedMin) to efficiently detect new tasks.
Action
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Why this helps
Copying task details into Canvas creates duplicate work and missed teaching deadlines.
- Reduce duplicate entry
- Keep assignment creation moving
- Capture task notes in the assignment brief
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Tasks and Canvas in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named for new task to assignment creation.
- 3Tell Notis to create a Canvas assignment using the task title, notes, and due date, and ask for missing course details.
- 4Pick New Task Created as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real Google Task.
Questions about this workflow
Can Notis choose the Canvas course automatically?
Only if the course can be determined from your instruction or available context. Otherwise, Notis reports the missing course details.
What starts the workflow?
A new task created in a Google Tasks list starts it.
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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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