Turn Ably events into Canvas discussions
Bring a useful Ably update into the course discussion where learners can act on it.
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
Important updates can get lost when people have to notice an event, switch tools, and post it to a course themselves.
- Move relevant updates into the course conversation promptly.
- Include the event context learners need to respond.
- Reduce manual reposting between tools.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Ably and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis to use each incoming event's supplied course and discussion details to create a discussion entry with its useful context.
- 4Pick the webhook trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real event and check the resulting discussion entry.
Questions about this workflow
Does Ably provide a Notis trigger event for this workflow?
No. Start it with a Notis webhook request when your Ably-connected system has an event to pass along.
What should the request include?
Provide the course and discussion topic details Canvas needs, plus the event context to include. Notis does not create missing course or topic records.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Ably to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Ably 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.
Ably and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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