See your Beeminder goals after submitting Canvas work
Once an assignment is submitted, bring your active goals back into view before moving to the next task.
Trigger
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Action
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
Why this helps
Finishing a submission often leads straight into the next task, while active goals fade from view.
- Use a completed submission as a natural pause to review active goals.
- Retrieve Beeminder's active goal list through the supported action.
- Make competing commitments easier to keep in view.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Beeminder once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation by telling Notis to retrieve your active Beeminder goals when you submit a Canvas assignment.
- 3Pick the New Canvas Assignment Submission trigger for the relevant assignment.
- 4Choose where Notis should send run reports, then test with one real submission.
Questions about this workflow
Will this add progress to my Beeminder goals?
No. The supported action retrieves active goals; it does not log datapoints or change progress.
Does the trigger watch every Canvas assignment?
The listed trigger polls for new submissions to a specific assignment, so choose the relevant assignment when selecting it.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Beeminder. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Beeminder actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Authenticate and Redirect User
Tool to authenticate a user and redirect them to a given url. use when sending a user into the beeminder web ui directly after oauth or token validation.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Charge
Tool to create a new charge for a user. use when billing a user outside of goal pledges; supports dryrun mode.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Get Archived Goals
Tool to retrieve archived goals for a specified user. use when you need to inspect a user's past archived goals.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Get Beeminder User Information
Tool to retrieve information about a specified beeminder user. use when you need to fetch details like timezone, goals, urgency, or deleted goals after authenticating successfully.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Beeminder, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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