Gather public web context for a new Canvas course
Set up course research to begin as soon as Canvas reports a newly created course for the user.
Trigger
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Action
Run Actor Asynchronously
Tool to run a specific actor asynchronously. use when you need to trigger an actor run without waiting for completion and retrieve its run details immediately.
Why this helps
Course setup often involves repeated searches for useful resources, just when there are many details to organize.
- Start a configured collection Actor on a new course event.
- Reduce setup research that otherwise starts with manual searches.
- Keep run details and collected results available in Apify.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Apify once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name the course research outcome.
- 3Tell Notis which configured Apify Actor to start and what public resources to collect.
- 4Select the New Course Created for User trigger and where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real course creation and review the Actor run and its results.
Questions about this workflow
Does Canvas provide course details to the Actor automatically?
Only use details made available to the automation and supported by the Actor's inputs. Verify those inputs before relying on course-specific collection.
Will the workflow build a new Actor?
No. It starts an existing configured Actor. Creating an Actor is a separate Apify action.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Apify. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Apify actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Actor
Tool to create a new actor with specified configuration. use when you need to initialize a fresh actor programmatically before publishing or running it.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Dataset
Tool to create a new dataset. use when you need to initialize or retrieve a dataset by name.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Create Actor Task
Tool to create a new actor task with specified settings. use when you need to configure or schedule recurring actor runs programmatically.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Create Task Webhook
Tool to create a webhook for an actor task. use when you need external notifications about task run events (e.g., completion or failure) in downstream systems.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Delete Actor
Tool to delete an actor permanently. use when you need to remove an actor by its id or username~actorname. confirm before calling.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Delete Webhook
Tool to delete a webhook by its id. use when removing a webhook after confirming the webhook id.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Get Actor Details
Tool to get details of a specific actor. use when you need actor metadata by id or username/actorname.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Get all webhooks
Tool to get a list of all webhooks created by the user. use when you need to enumerate webhooks before filtering or maintenance.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
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