Research equipment students mention in submissions
Get a relevant product search when a submission names equipment or technology that needs follow-up.
Trigger
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Action
Get Products
Tool to retrieve products from best buy. use when you need to fetch product listings with optional filters and sorting. example: 'get products for category abcat0101000 sorted by saleprice.dsc.'
Why this helps
Reviewers can lose time switching between assignment submissions and product research.
- Surface product listings related to equipment explicitly described in submissions.
- Keep product research connected to the submission that prompted it.
- Avoid searching the catalog manually for every relevant submission.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Best Buy once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to search Best Buy only when a new submission clearly describes equipment or technology.
- 4Pick the New Canvas Assignment Submission trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real submission and review the search results.
Questions about this workflow
Will this interpret every submission as a shopping request?
No. Tell Notis to search only when the submission clearly describes equipment or technology relevant to your purpose.
Does it evaluate or grade the submission?
No. The workflow searches Best Buy for products; grading is not part of this action.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Bestbuy. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Bestbuy actions
Recurring trigger
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Bestbuy, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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