Post Canvas evidence requests when files are missing
Turn a missing evidence note into a visible request with enough context to act.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Create discussion entry
Tool to create a new entry in a canvas discussion topic. use when posting a message with optional attachments to a discussion topic.
Why this helps
Evidence requests become slow back-and-forth when the exact gap is buried in an audit record.
- Make evidence gaps explicit
- Keep requests in one thread
- Reduce repeated clarification
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect your 21risk and Canvas accounts in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named Evidence request post.
- 3Tell Notis to post a discussion entry when a 21risk item reports missing evidence, stating the gap, acceptable evidence, and requested date.
- 4Choose a notis_webhook trigger for missing-evidence payloads.
- 5Select a report channel and test with one evidence gap.
Questions about this workflow
Can the post include attachments?
Yes, when valid attachment information is provided.
Can it reply to an existing topic?
Yes. Use the existing discussion topic context.
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
Do this · Action
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