Plan BART departure around an in-person course commitment
Check departure options when a new submission clearly relates to an in-person course plan.
Trigger
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Action
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.
Why this helps
A course commitment can create a travel task that is easy to forget once attention shifts back to the next assignment.
- Check a BART departure schedule after a qualifying submission.
- Use station codes and departure constraints supplied by you.
- Surface missing route details in the 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 BART departure options when a new submission clearly relates to an in-person course commitment, using your station codes and departure window.
- 4Pick New Canvas Assignment Submission as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real submission that contains the relevant course context.
Questions about this workflow
Will every assignment submission trigger a trip plan?
The instruction should ask Notis to proceed only when the submission clearly relates to an in-person commitment and the necessary travel details are available.
What information is needed for a departure schedule?
Provide the origin and destination BART station codes and the departure time constraints you want considered.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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.
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Webhook trigger
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Stub action for bart stations retrieval.
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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.
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