Bring Canvas discussion messages to your team
Catch emerging questions and useful replies without keeping another course tab open.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Action
Publish Message
Tool to publish a message to a specified messaging channel. use when you need to send notifications or events to subscribers after confirming channel and payload.
Why this helps
Important questions and replies can disappear into busy discussion threads.
- Make new discussion activity visible to subscribers
- Help the team spot unanswered questions sooner
- Preserve useful course context in each update
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Backendless once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis to create it from any channel.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to publish a concise message with the discussion post and a summary of any requested follow-up.
- 4Choose the New Canvas Discussion Message trigger for the discussion topic.
- 5Choose where run reports go, then test with one real discussion message.
Questions about this workflow
Does the trigger watch every discussion?
It polls the selected Canvas discussion topic for new messages.
Can Notis identify unanswered questions?
Notis can summarize and triage the message content. If determining whether a question has already been answered requires history not returned by the trigger, provide that history or have Notis flag the uncertainty.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Backendless. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
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