Give the week a discussion prompt grounded in campaign trends
Bring one timely trend into the course conversation with a short, focused prompt.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create discussion entry
Posts an entry in a Canvas discussion topic.
Why this helps
Keeping course discussions current takes repeated report review and prompt writing.
- Turn recent trends into one concise discussion starter.
- Reduce repetitive weekly preparation.
- Keep the prompt based on trends actually available in the report.
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 identify one course-relevant trend from recent campaigns and create a concise discussion entry about it.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule as the trigger.
- 5Choose where run reports go, then test with one real example.
Questions about this workflow
Will it make up a trend if the report is empty?
Instruct Notis to create no entry when the available data does not support a meaningful trend.
Can I choose a specific discussion?
Yes. Include the existing Canvas discussion topic and course context in the prompt.
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.
Create account notification
Creates a notification for the Canvas account.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Abort Quiz Report Generation
Cancels quiz report generation or removes a previously generated report.
Create appointment group
Creates an appointment group with schedulable time slots.
Add conversation message
Adds a follow-up message to an existing conversation.
Create an assignment
Creates an assignment in a Canvas course.
Add course to favorites
Adds a course to the current user’s favorites; no change occurs if it is already saved.
Create assignment override
Creates an assignment override to adjust dates for selected students, a group, or a course section.
Add group to favorites
Adds a group to the current user’s favorites; no change occurs if it is already saved.
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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