Add a safety review signal to new Canvas course descriptions
Screen available course description text and keep final review with the course owner.
Trigger
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Action
Moderation Completion
Tool to classify input text or image for safety using a moderation model. use after receiving user-generated content to filter out unsafe material.
Why this helps
Course descriptions can be created quickly and may benefit from a consistent content safety review.
- Add a repeatable moderation step to course setup
- Surface content for a human to inspect
- Avoid automated changes to course content
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Ai ml api once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis to create it from any channel.
- 3Describe in one instruction how to moderate available description text and report the result for review.
- 4Pick New Course Created for User as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real course and inspect the moderation result.
Questions about this workflow
What if the event does not include a description?
The automation can report that the text was unavailable; it cannot moderate content it did not receive.
Will the workflow edit the course description?
No. Moderation Completion returns a classification and does not update Canvas.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Ai ml api. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Ai ml api actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Moderation Completion
Tool to classify input text or image for safety using a moderation model. use after receiving user-generated content to filter out unsafe material.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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New Course Created for User
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Ai ml api, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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