Check IP reputation in new Canvas submissions
Spot a reported IP mentioned in a submission without leaving your course workflow.
Trigger
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Action
Check IP Reputation
Tool to check the reputation of an ip address. use when you need to determine if an ip address has been reported for abusive activity within a specified look-back period. example: checkip(ipaddress='8.8.8.8', maxageindays=90).
Why this helps
Security details in student submissions can be easy to miss when you are focused on reviewing coursework.
- Flags reputation results for IPs present in the submission content.
- Keeps the lookup tied to the assignment that triggered it.
- Avoids checking submissions that contain no IP address.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Abuselpdb once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Describe that Notis should find IP addresses explicitly present in a new submission and check each with Abuselpdb.
- 4Pick New Canvas Assignment Submission as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real example that contains an IP address.
Questions about this workflow
Will this find the submitter's network IP?
No. It can only check an IP address present in data returned from the submission; the event description does not say Canvas supplies the submitter's network IP.
What happens when no IP is included?
The instruction can tell Notis to skip the lookup and report that no IP was found.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Abuselpdb. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Abuselpdb actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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