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Check Canvas profiles during Zendesk onboarding

Spot missing profile details while onboarding is still active and easy to fix.

Trigger

New User Created

Triggered when a new user is created in Zendesk.

Action

Get User Profile

Retrieves profile information for an existing canvas user.

Why this helps

Profile gaps are discovered later, causing access confusion and repeated support conversations.

  • Catch profile gaps early
  • Reduce identity related support issues
  • Create a clear follow-up report

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Zendesk and Canvas in the Notis portal once.
  • 2Create an automation that looks up the matching Canvas profile and summarizes discrepancies.
  • 3Pick New User Created as the trigger.
  • 4Choose where run reports go and test with one real user.

Questions about this workflow

Does this change the Canvas profile?

No. This workflow fetches profile information and reports findings.

What if no matching Canvas user exists?

Ask Notis to report the missing match and route it to your chosen report channel.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Zendesk 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 User Created

Triggered when a new user is created in Zendesk.

TriggerInstant

Create an assignment

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

ActionInstant

New Zendesk Ticket

Triggers when a new ticket is created in a specified Zendesk view.

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

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

Create communication channel

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

ActionInstant

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.

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

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Do this · Action

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