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Share Canvas resources with a Telegram button

Let a participant request a course resource with one Telegram tap, then have Notis share the Canvas content with the intended recipients.

Trigger

Callback Query Received

Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.

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 often need a simple way to request a resource without remembering a separate Canvas navigation path.

  • Make resource requests a one-tap action.
  • Share Canvas materials with the intended people.
  • Avoid manually processing repeated resource requests.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Telegram and Canvas in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation by asking Notis or using Automations in the portal.
  • 3Describe in one instruction what the Telegram button means, which Canvas item to share, and who should receive it.
  • 4Choose Callback Query Received, select a run-report channel, and test with the real inline button.

Questions about this workflow

What starts the workflow?

A user tapping an inline keyboard button attached to a bot message triggers the callback event.

Can any Canvas item be shared?

The sender must have permission to share the item, and the intended receiver IDs must be valid.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Telegram 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

New Message Received

Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.

TriggerInstant

Create an assignment

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

ActionInstant

New Channel Post

Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.

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

Callback Query Received

Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.

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

Message Edited

Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.

TriggerInstant

Create communication channel

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

ActionInstant

New Chat Member

Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.

TriggerInstant

Create content share

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

ActionInstant

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.

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

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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