Check learner progress for a new series
See who may need help before the next lesson arrives.
Trigger
New Playlist in YouTube Channel
Triggers when a new playlist is added to a YouTube channel.
Action
Get user course progress
Retrieves the academic progress of a specific user within a given course.
Why this helps
New content can move ahead while struggling learners remain invisible in separate systems.
- Prioritize learner support
- Reduce manual progress checks
- Align content pacing with learner needs
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect YouTube and Canvas once.
- 2Create an automation for series progress checks.
- 3Tell Notis which user and course progress to fetch and how to flag support needs.
- 4Pick New Playlist in YouTube Channel as the trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test with one playlist.
Questions about this workflow
Can it check every learner?
Use the supported user and course identifiers, or describe the learner set available to your Canvas account.
Will it message learners automatically?
No. This workflow reports progress signals for your next decision.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Youtube to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Youtube 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 YouTube Activity
Triggers when a new activity is detected on a YouTube channel.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
New Item in YouTube Playlist
Triggers when a new item is added to a YouTube playlist.
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 Playlist in YouTube Channel
Triggers when a new playlist is added to a YouTube channel.
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 YouTube Channel Subscription
Triggers when a new channel is subscribed.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
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.
Youtube and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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