Create Canvas discussions for new risk controls
Turn a new control into a focused conversation while the context is fresh.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Create discussion topic
Creates a new discussion topic in a specified canvas course, allowing comprehensive configuration of its content, type, publication settings, engagement features, and associations.
Why this helps
New controls can stall when questions and ownership are not collected in one visible place.
- Start discussion at the right moment
- Include control context automatically
- Collect decisions in Canvas
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect your 21risk and Canvas accounts in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named Control discussion starter.
- 3Tell Notis to create a Canvas discussion topic for each new control, using its purpose, evidence needs, and open questions.
- 4Choose a notis_webhook trigger for new control payloads.
- 5Select a report channel and test with one new control.
Questions about this workflow
Can the topic be published immediately?
Yes. Tell Notis whether to publish it or leave it in draft.
Can it include an evidence checklist?
Yes, if the checklist is present in the payload or instruction.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link 21risk to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
21risk 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.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
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.
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.
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.
21risk and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
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