Fetch assignment rubrics from email requests
Bring the right rubric into your grading conversation immediately.
Trigger
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Action
Get Assignment Rubric
Fetches the detailed rubric for a specified assignment within a canvas course; fails if the assignment has no associated rubric.
Why this helps
Finding the correct rubric slows grading support and creates uncertainty.
- Speed up grading questions
- Use the correct rubric
- Reduce repeated Canvas searches
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Canvas once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation named Rubric Lookup.
- 3Tell Notis to identify the assignment in the email and retrieve its Canvas rubric.
- 4Pick New Outlook Message as the trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test it with one grading question.
Questions about this workflow
What if the assignment has no rubric?
Canvas will report that no rubric is associated, and Notis can summarize that result.
Can it explain the rubric?
Ask Notis to summarize the criteria for the intended audience.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook 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 Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Calendar Event Changes
Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.
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.
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
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.
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
New Sent Message
Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.
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.
Outlook and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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