Give each new course a document collection
A new course can start with an Affinda collection ready for its documents, keeping course materials easier to group as work begins.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Action
Create Collection
Tool to create a new collection. use after you have a valid workspace id and want to group documents by a specific extractor within that workspace.
Why this helps
Course setup and document organization often happen in separate places, creating another setup task to remember.
- Create a course specific place to group Affinda documents.
- Cut a repetitive course setup step.
- Make it easier to keep course related documents together.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Affinda once in the Notis portal.
- 2Confirm you already have a valid Affinda workspace for the collection.
- 3Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 4In one instruction, ask Notis to create an Affinda collection named for each new Canvas course.
- 5Pick New Canvas Discussion Topic only if the intended signal is a new discussion topic; otherwise use a Notis webhook to start the course setup flow, then choose a report destination and test it.
Questions about this workflow
Does Affinda create the workspace too?
No. This workflow uses Create Collection, which requires a valid workspace id. Set up the workspace first.
Can this trigger directly on a new course?
Canvas lists New Course Created for User as event 3069. Choose that trigger for a user whose newly created courses should start the workflow.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Affinda. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Affinda actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Batch Update Annotations
Tool to update multiple annotations in one request. use when you need to modify parsed values or other fields across many annotations at once.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Collection
Tool to create a new collection. use after you have a valid workspace id and want to group documents by a specific extractor within that workspace.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Create Document
Tool to upload a new document for parsing. use when you have the document file or a public url and need to extract structured data immediately.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Create Organization
Tool to create a new organization. use when you have a unique organization name and want to group resources under it.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Create RESTHook Subscription
Tool to create a new resthook subscription. use after confirming your webhook endpoint is ready to receive document event notifications.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Create Tag
Tool to create a new tag. use when you need to label documents in a specific workspace.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Create Validation Result
Tool to create a validation result. use when recording validation outcomes for a document after parsing.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Create Workspace
Tool to create a new workspace. use when you need to programmatically create a workspace container within an organization.
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