Bring returning production into season previews
Start season preview discussions with returning offense and defense production in view.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Action
Returning Production by Team
Tool to fetch Bill Connelly–style returning production splits by team and season. Use when evaluating returning offense, defense, and overall production for teams in a given season.
Why this helps
Collecting returning production figures by team adds research overhead to preparing a season preview activity.
- Retrieve returning production splits by team and season.
- Give a preview activity a consistent statistical starting point.
- Flag missing team or season details.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and College football data once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Notis and describe the returning production details to include.
- 3Pick New Canvas Discussion Topic as the trigger for the course.
- 4Choose where run reports should go, then test with one real season preview topic.
Questions about this workflow
Does it forecast next season's results?
No. It retrieves returning production splits, which can inform discussion but are not a forecast.
Can a topic cover several teams?
Yes, if it names the teams and season clearly; ask Notis to report each team separately.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to College football data. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
College football data actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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