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Move assessment plans from Linear into Canvas

Turn a planned check for understanding into a Canvas quiz setup, so the assessment can move forward without another round of copying.

Trigger

Issue Created Trigger

Triggered when a new issue is created.

Action

Create Quiz

Creates a new quiz with various settings in a specified existing canvas course; `assignment group id` applies only to graded quiz types.

Why this helps

Assessment plans can remain stuck in project notes while course setup waits for someone to recreate them.

  • Reduce repeated assessment setup work.
  • Keep the quiz connected to its course plan.
  • Move planned evaluations forward sooner.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Linear and Canvas to Notis once through the portal.
  • 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis to start quiz setup.
  • 3Use one plain-language prompt to identify assessment-plan issues and request a Canvas quiz.
  • 4Select the Linear Issue Created trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
  • 5Test with one assessment issue and review the quiz settings in Canvas.

Questions about this workflow

Does the issue need to include quiz details?

Give Notis enough context in the issue and prompt to create an appropriate quiz in the intended course.

Will it create questions too?

This action creates a quiz. A separate workflow using the quiz-question action would be needed to add questions.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Linear triggers

Canvas actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

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.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create appointment group

Creates a new appointment group in canvas for schedulable time slots within specified course or group contexts.

ActionInstant

Comment Received Trigger

Triggered when a comment is received.

TriggerInstant

Create an assignment

Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.

ActionInstant

Issue Created Trigger

Triggered when a new issue is created.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Issue Updated Trigger

Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Private Team Comment Created

Fires when a new comment is posted on an issue in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).

TriggerPolling

Create communication channel

Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.

ActionInstant

Private Team Issue Created

Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).

TriggerPolling

Create content share

Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.

ActionInstant

Private Team Issue Properties Updated

Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).

TriggerPolling

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.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Linear and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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