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Turn campaign content into a course case study

Give learners a concrete example to study by building an assignment around a campaign they can examine.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

Action

Create an assignment

Creates an assignment in a Canvas course.

Why this helps

Finding timely, relevant case studies and turning them into an assignment takes several manual steps.

  • Create a practical learning task from real campaign material.
  • Help learners connect course concepts to a concrete example.
  • Save time drafting assignment instructions.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect ActiveTrail and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
  • 3Tell Notis to select a relevant campaign and create a case study assignment using only accessible campaign details.
  • 4Pick a recurring schedule as the trigger.
  • 5Choose where run reports go, then test with one real example.

Questions about this workflow

Can the assignment include a grading rubric?

The action supports creating an assignment. Include desired criteria in the prompt if appropriate, then confirm the result in Canvas.

Will it attach the campaign email?

Only if the content is accessible to Notis and supported in the created assignment.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

ActiveTrail 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 notification for the Canvas account.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Abort Quiz Report Generation

Cancels quiz report generation or removes a previously generated report.

ActionInstant

Create appointment group

Creates an appointment group with schedulable time slots.

ActionInstant

Add conversation message

Adds a follow-up message to an existing conversation.

ActionInstant

Create an assignment

Creates an assignment in a Canvas course.

ActionInstant

Add course to favorites

Adds a course to the current user’s favorites; no change occurs if it is already saved.

ActionInstant

Create assignment override

Creates an assignment override to adjust dates for selected students, a group, or a course section.

ActionInstant

Add group to favorites

Adds a group to the current user’s favorites; no change occurs if it is already saved.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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