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Turn engagement details into a review-ready note

Put the observations and questions in one place so your next course review starts with a useful draft.

Trigger

Webhook received

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

Action

Create email draft

Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.

Why this helps

Engagement reviews often mean gathering scattered observations and rewriting them into a concise note.

  • Organizes supplied observations into a review note.
  • Can surface questions for follow-up without inventing missing evidence.
  • Creates a draft that is easy to edit.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Blackboard and Gmail once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, with its name and prompt.
  • 3Describe in one instruction how to draft an engagement review using only details in the webhook request.
  • 4Choose the webhook trigger and a destination for run reports.
  • 5Test with one real review example and verify all claims against the supplied data.

Questions about this workflow

Can the draft identify why engagement changed?

It can summarize supplied facts, but it should not claim a cause unless the evidence is included.

Does it create an analytics dashboard?

No. It creates a Gmail draft from the details provided.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Blackboard triggers

Gmail actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Modify email labels

Adds and/or removes specified gmail labels for a message; ensure `message id` and all `label ids` are valid (use 'listlabels' for custom label ids).

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create email draft

Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.

ActionInstant

Create label

Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.

ActionInstant

Delete Draft

Permanently deletes a specific gmail draft using its id; ensure the draft exists and the user has necessary permissions for the given `user id`.

ActionInstant

Delete message

Permanently deletes a specific email message by its id from a gmail mailbox; for `user id`, use 'me' for the authenticated user or an email address to which the authenticated user has delegated access.

ActionInstant

Fetch emails

Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.

ActionInstant

Fetch message by message ID

Fetches a specific email message by its id, provided the `message id` exists and is accessible to the authenticated `user id`.

ActionInstant

Fetch Message by Thread ID

Retrieves messages from a gmail thread using its `thread id`, where the thread must be accessible by the specified `user id`.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Blackboard and Gmail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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