Give process notes a place for questions and feedback
Create a discussion topic from supplied process notes so people can raise questions in one shared place.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create discussion topic
Creates a discussion topic in a Canvas course.
Why this helps
Important process notes can be shared without a clear place for questions, leaving confusion to surface later.
- Give people a clear place to discuss process instructions.
- Make document-based questions easier to collect.
- Reduce repeated explanations across separate messages.
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 create a Canvas discussion topic from the process notes available in its prompt context.
- 4Choose the recurring schedule trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real set of notes and review the topic content and settings.
Questions about this workflow
Does the schedule retrieve process notes from Affinda?
No. Provide the notes to Notis or otherwise make them available in prompt context. Affinda has no listed trigger event here.
Can the topic be published?
The action supports publication settings. Specify your desired publication behavior in the instruction.
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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