Connect new discussion topics to Logicblocks context
A new topic is a natural moment to review available Logicblocks and keep related follow-up visible.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Action
Get Logicblocks
Tool to fetch all logicblocks of a user. use after authenticating with apilio api when you need to list available logicblocks.
Why this helps
New discussion topics can introduce work that gets separated from your automation context.
- Retrieve Logicblocks when a discussion topic is created.
- Keep topic context and automation inventory together.
- Make potential follow-up easier to review.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Apilio once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation for new-topic context.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve Apilio Logicblocks and summarize any potentially relevant context for the topic.
- 4Pick New Canvas Discussion Topic as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real discussion topic.
Questions about this workflow
Does this create or run a Logicblock?
No. The action retrieves the user's Logicblocks for review.
Can it choose a Logicblock based on the topic?
Notis can compare the topic details with the returned list, but you should supply any matching rules that are not explicit in the data.
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