Set up a Canvas notification channel for a new contact
When a new contact is already a Canvas user, create the communication channel they need for course notifications.
Trigger
Contact Created Trigger
Contact Created Trigger
Action
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
Why this helps
Learners can miss updates when the needed Canvas channel has not been set up alongside their CRM record.
- Reduce repeated channel setup
- Connect intake events to learner communications
- Make channel requirements explicit in one instruction
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect HubSpot and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
- 3Tell Notis which new contacts need a Canvas channel and provide the existing Canvas user and channel details.
- 4Pick the HubSpot Contact Created trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real contact and verify the channel.
Questions about this workflow
Does this create a Canvas user too?
No. The action creates a communication channel for an existing Canvas user.
What channel types can I request?
Specify a supported channel type and the details needed by Canvas, such as email, SMS, or push.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Hubspot to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Hubspot 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.
Contact Created Trigger
Contact Created Trigger
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Deal Stage UpdatedTrigger
Deal Stage UpdatedTrigger
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.
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.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
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.
Hubspot and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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