Bring discussion context into Anchor
Give new course discussion messages a browser-based context check.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Action
Get Webpage Content
Tool to retrieve rendered content of a webpage in html or markdown format. use when you need to fetch a page’s full content, optionally within an existing browser session.
Why this helps
Discussion activity can grow while you are away, making it hard to pick up the thread quickly.
- Make new discussion activity easier to pick up.
- Fetch rendered page content for a prompt-led review.
- Limit context switching during course follow-up.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Anchor browser once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, then choose a name and prompt.
- 3Tell Notis which webpage content to retrieve in Anchor when a new discussion message arrives.
- 4Pick New Canvas Discussion Message as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real discussion message.
Questions about this workflow
Will this post a reply to the discussion?
No. The selected action retrieves webpage content and does not post or edit Canvas messages.
What starts the automation?
Canvas polls discussion topics for new messages using the New Canvas Discussion Message event.
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Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Anchor browser. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Anchor browser actions
Recurring trigger
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Anchor browser, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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