Connect new course topics to existing CMS content
Give a new course discussion a head start with relevant content already in your CMS.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Action
Get Content List
Tool to retrieve a list of content items by reference name. use when you need to fetch and page through content list data with optional filtering, sorting, and link expansions.
Why this helps
A new discussion topic can mean another round of searching across the course and website before anyone finds reusable material.
- Surfaces potentially reusable CMS material alongside a new topic.
- Provides a concise report with relevant content links.
- Calls out when a reliable content match is not available.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Agility CMS once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name and prompt.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to search the specified Agility content list for material related to each new Canvas discussion topic and report likely matches and gaps.
- 4Pick the New Canvas Discussion Topic trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real topic and confirm the content list or lookup guidance is clear.
Questions about this workflow
Will this publish or edit CMS content?
No. The listed Agility action retrieves content. Notis can report matches and gaps, but it does not publish or edit items in this workflow.
How does Notis know which content list to search?
Name the Agility CMS reference name in your instruction. If you do not know it, first identify the list you want to use.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Agility cms, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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