Keep course contact checks on a steady schedule
Have Notis review a supplied contact list on a recurring schedule and place a readable summary in the course for staff to use.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create a page for a course
Creates a wiki page in a Canvas course.
Why this helps
Periodic contact reviews are easy to postpone when they depend on someone remembering to gather records and open separate tools.
- Run routine checks without relying on a manual reminder.
- Give course staff a central summary of items to review.
- Keep the result readable as a course page.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Addressfinder and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis what outcome you want from any channel.
- 3In one instruction, specify the contact list or source data to check, the course page to create, and how to summarize uncertain or invalid results.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real example and confirm the course context and summary are correct.
Questions about this workflow
Where does the contact list come from?
The automation needs access to a supplied list or data source. Addressfinder does not provide a trigger event or contact list through the information given here.
Will it update Canvas contacts?
No. The available action creates a course page containing the results; it does not edit Canvas user profiles.
Can I choose how often it runs?
Yes. Select a recurring schedule when setting up the Notis cron trigger.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Addressfinder to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Addressfinder 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.
Addressfinder and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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