Create briefs for new Canvas discussion topics
Give each new course discussion a consistent, easy-to-review starting brief.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Action
Generate Carbone Report
Tool to generate a carbone report from a template and json data. use when you need to render documents in various formats.
Why this helps
New discussion topics can require extra effort to understand and triage before deciding how to respond.
- Create a brief as new topics appear.
- Keep topic information in a consistent document format.
- Make it easier to review new course conversations.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Carbone once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis from any channel.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to generate a Carbone brief for each new discussion topic using the available Canvas details.
- 4Pick the New Canvas Discussion Topic trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real new topic.
Questions about this workflow
What starts the workflow?
Canvas polling for new discussion topics in a course.
Can Notis decide whether a topic needs a response?
You can ask Notis to summarize or flag details that are present, but any response criteria or context not supplied by Canvas should be provided in your instruction.
Will the workflow create a discussion topic?
No. The trigger detects a new topic and the Carbone action generates a report.
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Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
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Recurring trigger
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