Connect Canvas to ActiveTrail
When something happens in Canvas, Notis takes the next step in ActiveTrail. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.
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Ways Notis can move work from Canvas to ActiveTrail
Segment opted-in contacts for a new Canvas course
When a Canvas course is created, add known, opted-in contacts to the matching ActiveTrail group so course communications reach the right audience.
Group opted-in contacts after a Canvas submission
After a new submission arrives for a specific Canvas assignment, add its known, opted-in submitter to an appropriate ActiveTrail group for relevant follow-up.
Group opted-in contacts after grading
When Canvas reports a newly graded submission, add the known, opted-in learner to an appropriate ActiveTrail group without sharing the grade itself.
Group opted-in contacts after a discussion message
When a new Canvas discussion message appears, add its known, opted-in author to a relevant ActiveTrail group for appropriate course updates.
Create an ActiveTrail group for a new discussion topic
When Canvas creates a discussion topic, create a clearly named ActiveTrail group to organize a potential audience for related, consent-based communications.
Group opted-in contacts after a course file upload
When Canvas receives a new course file, add known, opted-in contacts to the relevant ActiveTrail resource-update group for follow-up.
Review weekly ActiveTrail contact growth
On a weekly schedule, retrieve ActiveTrail contact growth data for a chosen date range so you can review adds and removals without manually opening reports.
Review monthly ActiveTrail campaign performance
On a monthly schedule, retrieve ActiveTrail campaign reports and summarize sends, opens, clicks, bounces, and unsubscribes for a quick review.
Review ActiveTrail groups each month
On a monthly schedule, retrieve the ActiveTrail group inventory and summarize group names and available details to make audience organization easier to review.
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to ActiveTrail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
ActiveTrail actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add Group Member
Tool to add a member to a group in ActiveTrail. Use when you need to add a contact to a specific group with their email and optional contact details.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Contact Growth
Tool to retrieve executive report on contact growth showing daily active and inactive contact growth. Use when you need to measure the increase in amount of contacts over a date range.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Create or Update Group Member
Tool to create or update a member in a group. Use when you need to add a new contact to a specific group or update an existing member's details. The API will not return errors if the address is already in the group.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Create a New Group
Tool to create a new group in ActiveTrail. Use when you need to add a new group to organize and segment contacts.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Create Contact
Tool to create a new contact in ActiveTrail. Use when you need to add a new contact to the system. Note: Newly created contacts won't be linked to any group, making email/SMS delivery impossible until assigned to a group. Either email or sms must be provided.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Create Content Category
Tool to create a new content category in ActiveTrail account. Use when you need to add a new category for organizing campaigns and templates.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Create New Mailing List
Tool to create a new mailing list in ActiveTrail. Use when you need to add a new mailing list to organize and manage contacts.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Create Order
Tool to create new orders in ActiveTrail commerce system. Use when you need to add order records with customer information, products, and transaction details. Accepts an array of order objects for batch creation.
Four ways to start an automation.
A trigger is the event that kicks a workflow off. Notis supports four kinds: an event in a connected app, an inbound webhook, a recurring schedule, and soon, your own database.
Integration triggers
Fire when something happens inside a connected app. New Notion page, Stripe charge, Linear issue: any of 1,000+ apps can start a workflow.
Webhook triggers
A unique URL per workflow. Anything that can send an HTTP POST can start an automation, including no-code tools that speak webhooks.
Recurring triggers
Cron-style schedules run a workflow on the clock. Daily standups, hourly syncs, business-hours-only digests: the workhorse of Notis.
Database triggers
Watch a row, query, or threshold in your own database and fire the moment the data changes. Row inserted, value crosses a limit, query starts matching.
Classic automation breaks. AI adapts.
Same triggers and actions, smarter middle. AI handles the fuzziness that breaks traditional Zapier-style workflows the moment a field gets renamed.
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NEW“When a row gets added to the Q4 OKRs Notion database and the status is Blocked, send a Telegram message to the owner with a summary of what's blocking, and ping me if there's no reply within 24 hours.”
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