Bring relevant headlines into active class discussions
When a student raises a timely issue, get a short scan of recent coverage to help you decide whether it belongs in the conversation.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Action
List Latest News
Tool to retrieve the latest news articles from Currents News API. Use when you need a real-time feed of recent articles.
Why this helps
A promising student comment can get buried while an instructor searches for reliable recent coverage and tries to return to the discussion.
- Prepare a focused headline scan for a new discussion message.
- Help instructors assess whether a current event adds useful context.
- Keep the initial review compact and available in run reports.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Currents api once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation from Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis in plain language from any channel.
- 3Describe the outcome in one instruction: retrieve recent news that may add context to each new discussion message and summarize the most relevant results.
- 4Pick the New Canvas Discussion Message trigger, then choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real discussion message.
Questions about this workflow
Will this respond to the student in Canvas?
No. The allowed Currents action retrieves news. Notis can prepare a report, but no Canvas reply action is listed here.
What if the message lacks enough context?
Ask Notis to say when it cannot determine a useful connection from the message and returned headlines, rather than guessing.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Currents api. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Currents api actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
List Latest News
Tool to retrieve the latest news articles from Currents News API. Use when you need a real-time feed of recent articles.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Activities Watch
Tool to start a notification channel to watch activities for a specified user and application. Use when needing to receive push notifications for user activity; call after OAuth credentials and webhook endpoint are set up.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Get Entity Usage Reports
Tool to retrieve usage statistics for a specific Google Workspace entity. Use when you need to analyze entity usage on a particular date.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
List Users
Tool to list users in a Google Workspace domain. Note: - When the provided base_url points to Currents News API (api.currentsapi.services), this action will gracefully fall back to listing latest news articles to ensure a valid response, since the Currents News API does not expose a users endpoint. - When the base_url points to Google Admin Directory API, it will list users from the domain/customer specified.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Get User Usage Report
Tool to retrieve the usage report for a specified user on a given date. Use after confirming the userKey and date. Use when detailed usage metrics are needed for auditing or monitoring.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Currents api, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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