Share Canvas resources after sending email
Pair your outgoing message with the exact Canvas resource recipients need.
Trigger
New Sent Message
Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.
Action
Create content share
Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.
Why this helps
People receive the email but still need to ask where the related course material lives.
- Make follow-up immediate
- Reduce clarification requests
- Improve resource access
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Canvas once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation named Sent Email Content Share.
- 3Tell Notis to identify the related Canvas content and share it with valid recipients.
- 4Pick New Sent Message as the trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test it with one sent message.
Questions about this workflow
Can sharing be limited to certain recipients?
Yes. Describe the recipient rule in the instruction.
What if no matching content exists?
Ask Notis to report the missing resource instead of sharing the wrong item.
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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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