Create Canvas assignments from Outlook requests
Stop retyping assignment details from email. Let Notis prepare the Canvas assignment for review.
Trigger
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Action
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Why this helps
Assignment requests buried in email create delays and missed details.
- Reduce manual retyping
- Keep assignment requests organized
- Prepare consistent assignment drafts
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Canvas once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation named Email to Canvas Assignment.
- 3Tell Notis to extract assignment details and create a Canvas assignment draft in the correct course.
- 4Pick New Outlook Message as the trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test it with one real assignment request email.
Questions about this workflow
Can Notis create the assignment from any email format?
Yes. Tell Notis what details to extract and it can interpret normal email wording.
Can I review the assignment before students see it?
Ask Notis to create it as a draft or leave it unpublished for review.
When this happens · Trigger
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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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