Check the media moderation queue as course discussions develop
A new course topic can point to media that needs review. Retrieve Cloudinary assets in a chosen moderation status to make that queue easier to inspect.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Action
Get Resources in Moderation
Tool to retrieve assets in a moderation queue by status. use after moderation to process pending or reviewed assets.
Why this helps
Pending or reviewed media can be missed when moderation work lives apart from course activity.
- Surfaces assets in a specified moderation status
- Helps tie course activity to a relevant media review
- Makes a pending media queue easier to inspect
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Cloudinary once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis to create one.
- 3In one instruction, specify the Cloudinary moderation status to retrieve when a new discussion topic appears.
- 4Pick the New Canvas Discussion Topic trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real topic and confirm the moderation results match the intended status.
Questions about this workflow
Can this approve or reject assets?
No. The action retrieves assets by moderation status. It does not approve or reject them.
What status should I use?
Specify the status that matches your Cloudinary moderation process and verify it against the available queue.
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