Turn YouTube activity into a Canvas assignment
Keep coursework moving when your YouTube channel changes.
Trigger
New YouTube Activity
Triggers when a new activity is detected on a YouTube channel.
Action
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Why this helps
Useful videos and announcements can pass by before you turn them into student work.
- Reduce manual assignment setup
- Capture timely learning opportunities
- Keep course work aligned with channel updates
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect YouTube and Canvas once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation and name the outcome.
- 3Tell Notis to review each new activity and create a suitable Canvas assignment in the specified course.
- 4Pick New YouTube Activity as the trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test with one real channel activity.
Questions about this workflow
Can Notis decide whether an activity needs an assignment?
Yes. Describe the criteria in the instruction, and Notis can create an assignment only when the activity is relevant.
Where does the assignment go?
Tell Notis which Canvas course to use in the automation instruction.
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Do this · Action
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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