Put recurring assignment review questions into the course discussion
Turn a supplied review summary into a discussion entry so the right questions are visible to course participants.
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
Recurring review questions can get handled in private notes and never reach the people who can help resolve them.
- Make recurring review questions visible in a shared course space.
- Reduce manual copying of prepared summaries.
- Keep review discussion connected to its course topic.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis to post the supplied assignment review summary to the specified Canvas discussion topic.
- 4Choose the recurring schedule trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real summary and confirm the entry lands in the intended topic.
Questions about this workflow
Does this create a discussion topic?
No. The listed action creates an entry in a discussion topic that already exists.
Where does the summary come from?
Provide it in the instruction or prompt context. The scheduled trigger does not retrieve Affinda documents by itself.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Affinda to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Affinda 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.
Affinda and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
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