Celebrate Every Grade With Your Team
Getting graded shouldn't feel invisible. Add a positive emoji reaction to a Slack message the moment an assignment is graded—a small, built-in celebration that your work is complete and recognized. It sounds small, but small rituals build momentum.
Trigger
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Action
Add reaction to message
Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.
Why this helps
You submit work, grades come back, and nothing happens. There's no tangible sense of progress or completion. For people who struggle with motivation, the absence of acknowledgment can make work feel hollow.
- Visible milestone recognition
- Small ritual builds momentum on larger projects
- Team sees peers' progress and wins
- Gamification without gaminess—just authentic celebration
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Slack.
- 2Create Automation: Name ('Grade Celebrations'), Prompt ('When an assignment is graded in Canvas, add a celebration emoji reaction to my latest Slack message in the course channel'), Channel (your course channel), Trigger ('Canvas Assignment Graded').
- 3Each grade triggers a visible emoji, turning invisible progress into recognizable wins.
Questions about this workflow
Can I choose which emoji gets added?
Yes—specify your favorite celebration emoji in the prompt (e.g., 'thumbs-up', 'tada', 'rocket').
What if I don't have a recent Slack message?
Notis can post a new message with the emoji if there's no recent one to react to.
Does this work for team submissions too?
Yes—you can adjust the prompt to celebrate team wins or individual accomplishments.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Slack actions
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Add a custom emoji to a Slack team
Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Add an emoji alias
Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Add a remote file
Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
Add reaction to message
Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.
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