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Keep a Canvas account brief current from Salesforce updates

Give the team a readable account snapshot in Canvas when an account is created or meaningfully updated in Salesforce.

Trigger

Account Created or Updated

Triggers when an Account is created or updated in Salesforce. Uses LastModifiedDate high-watermark to capture both creations and updates.

Action

Create a page for a course

Creates a new wiki page in a specified canvas course, with options for title, html body, editing permissions, publication, and designation as front page (which also requires publication).

Why this helps

Account context is scattered across systems, so teammates spend time searching for the latest details.

  • Create a readable team reference from account details.
  • Make account context easy to find in the relevant Canvas course.
  • Reduce repeat requests for basic account information.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Salesforce and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, then choose New Automation.
  • 3Tell Notis to create a concise account reference page in the specified Canvas course using Salesforce account details.
  • 4Pick the Salesforce Account Created or Updated trigger and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real account and check the page title and content.

Questions about this workflow

Will this update an existing page or create a new one?

The selected Canvas action creates a page. If you want updates to an existing page, describe the intended behavior and test carefully; the listed action does not specify an edit-page operation.

What account details can Notis use?

The trigger detects account creation and updates using LastModifiedDate. Use information present in the trigger payload, and supply any additional facts you want included.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Salesforce 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

Account Created or Updated

Triggers when an Account is created or updated in Salesforce. Uses LastModifiedDate high-watermark to capture both creations and updates.

TriggerPolling

Create an assignment

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

ActionInstant

Contact Updated

Triggers when an existing Salesforce Contact record is modified. Emits changed fields alongside relevant timestamps.

TriggerPolling

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

Record Updated (Generic SObject)

Triggers when monitored fields change on any Salesforce SObject. You specify the SObject type and which field values should be returned in the payload. The trigger uses SystemModstamp to detect changes regardless of which specific field changed.

TriggerPolling

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

New Contact Trigger

Triggers when a new Contact is Created in Salesforce.

TriggerPolling

Create communication channel

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

ActionInstant

New Lead Trigger

Triggers when a new Lead is created in Salesforce.

TriggerPolling

Create content share

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

ActionInstant

New or Updated Opportunity

Triggers when a Salesforce Opportunity is created or updated.

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

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When this happens · Trigger

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