Start new courses with a population baseline
Make a relevant population reference available as soon as a course is created, using only the geography it actually specifies.
Trigger
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Action
Get Population Estimates
Tool to retrieve population estimates program (pep) data for a specified vintage and dataset. use when you need population or demographic estimates for specific geographies.
Why this helps
Course setup often leaves useful background research until later, when the initial planning context has faded.
- Retrieve population estimates for a specified geography and vintage.
- Provide a concise reference for course planning or research context.
- Flag absent geography or vintage instead of filling gaps with assumptions.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Census bureau once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve population estimates for the geography, vintage, and dataset stated in course details, then summarize them in the run report.
- 4Pick New Course Created for User as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real new course that includes the required geography and vintage.
Questions about this workflow
Can this populate the course itself?
The specified Census action retrieves data. This workflow reports a baseline; it does not edit course content.
What if a new course has no geography?
Have the prompt flag the missing geography and request it before treating any estimates as relevant.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Census bureau. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Census bureau 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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Tool to retrieve population estimates program (pep) data for a specified vintage and dataset. use when you need population or demographic estimates for specific geographies.
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Census bureau, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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