Prepare to review new Canvas submissions
Give each new submission a Cody thread where you can gather context and think through the review.
Trigger
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Action
Create Conversation
Tool to create a new conversation with a specified bot. Use when starting a new conversation thread with optional focus mode to limit bot's knowledge base to specific documents.
Why this helps
New submissions can pile up while course context and review priorities are scattered across tabs.
- Create a dedicated conversation for incoming work.
- Keep review preparation close to Cody's knowledge base.
- Reduce the effort of restarting context for each submission.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Cody once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name the review workflow.
- 3Tell Notis in one instruction to start a Cody conversation for each new submission and include the available course and assignment context.
- 4Pick New Canvas Assignment Submission as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real submission.
Questions about this workflow
Does this grade or comment on work automatically?
No. This workflow starts a Cody conversation for review preparation. Ask Cody to analyze only the information available to it.
Can I use it for any assignment?
The listed event polls new submissions for a specific assignment, so use the corresponding assignment trigger.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Cody. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Cody actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Conversation
Tool to create a new conversation with a specified bot. Use when starting a new conversation thread with optional focus mode to limit bot's knowledge base to specific documents.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Document
Tool to create a new document with text or HTML content in Cody AI. Use when you need to add documents to Cody's knowledge base with up to 768 KB of content.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Create Document From File
Tool to create a document by uploading a file (up to 100 MB). Supports txt, md, rtf, pdf, ppt, pptx, pptm, doc, docx, docm formats. Use when you need to add file-based documents to Cody's knowledge base. The file is processed asynchronously.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Create Document from Webpage
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New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Create Folder
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New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Delete Conversation
Tool to delete a conversation by its ID. Use when you need to permanently remove a conversation from the system.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Delete Document
Tool to delete a document by id. Use when removing a document that is no longer needed.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Get Conversation
Tool to fetch a conversation by its ID from Cody AI. Use when you need to retrieve details about a specific conversation. Supports optional includes parameter to filter response to list document IDs.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Cody, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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