Capture actionable Canvas discussion issues in Bugherd
Give useful issue reports from course discussions a place in your team's task queue, with enough context to understand what people reported.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Action
Create Task
Tool to add a new task in a project. use when you have the project id and full task details ready.
Why this helps
Important issue reports in a discussion thread can be hard to track down when the team is ready to act on them.
- Bring actionable discussion reports into the team's existing task workflow.
- Preserve the topic and message context for review.
- Avoid creating tasks for general discussion.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Bugherd once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation by telling Notis the outcome you want, or use Automations, New Automation in the portal.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to create a Bugherd task only for messages describing a specific product or website issue and include the discussion context.
- 4Pick the New Canvas Discussion Message trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real discussion message and review the task.
Questions about this workflow
Will general discussion messages create tasks?
Ask Notis to create a task only when a message describes a specific, actionable product or website issue.
Can the task retain discussion context?
Yes. Tell Notis to include the message and its available topic or course context.
Does this monitor every Canvas discussion event?
It uses the New Canvas Discussion Message trigger described here, which polls discussion topics for new messages.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Bugherd. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Bugherd actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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