Check BART alerts alongside course updates
Catch relevant service advisories when a discussion message includes an upcoming in-person plan.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Action
Get Service Advisories
Tool to fetch current bart service advisories. use when you need up-to-date system-wide or station-level alerts before presenting or planning transit routes.
Why this helps
Course updates and transit advisories arrive in different places, so a service issue can be easy to miss while planning.
- Check current BART advisories after a qualifying course message.
- Focus the request on station or route details you provide.
- Keep the course update and advisory check in one run report.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Bart once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis to check current BART advisories when a new discussion message clearly describes an upcoming in-person course plan, using your provided station or route details.
- 4Pick New Canvas Discussion Message as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real message containing an upcoming in-person plan.
Questions about this workflow
Will it know which BART stations matter?
Provide relevant station abbreviations or route details in your instruction. The Canvas event does not guarantee BART station information.
Does it change or reply to the discussion?
No. The selected Bart action retrieves service advisories; the workflow reports the results.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Bart. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Bart actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get BART API Version
Stub action for bart api version retrieval.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get BART Available Schedules
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Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Get Route Info
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New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Get BART Stations
Stub action for bart stations retrieval.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Get GTFS-RT Trip Updates
Tool to fetch real-time trip updates in gtfs-realtime format. use when you need the latest live trip information as raw protobuf.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Download GTFS Static Schedule Feed
Tool to download the static gtfs feed (google transit.zip). use when needing the latest gtfs schedule data.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Get BART Schedule Arrive
Tool to retrieve schedule information based on a specified arrival time. use when planning trips arriving by a given time.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Get BART Schedule Depart
Tool to get schedule information based on a specified depart time. use when planning trips from an origin to a destination with time constraints after confirming station codes.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Bart, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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