Review a new course topic with your Daffy profile handy
A new topic can prompt Notis to retrieve your Daffy profile, so you can consider it alongside your giving priorities.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Action
Get User Profile
Tool to retrieve the authenticated user's profile. use when you need details about the current user's account.
Why this helps
It takes extra effort to gather account context when a new course topic sparks a giving idea.
- Retrieve account profile details on a relevant topic.
- Keep the lookup prompt tied to a real course event.
- Review information before making a giving decision.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Daffy once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve your authenticated Daffy profile when a new topic appears and report the details relevant to your review.
- 4Pick New Canvas Discussion Topic as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real new topic and review the run report.
Questions about this workflow
Does this retrieve charitable causes?
No. Get User Profile retrieves authenticated account profile details. Use Search Non-Profits for a charity search.
Can the profile lookup create a gift?
No. This workflow only retrieves profile details. A gift requires the Create Gift action and recipient and amount details.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Daffy. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Daffy actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Gift
Tool to create a new charitable gift. use when you have recipient details and amount ready.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Balance
Tool to retrieve the authenticated user's fund balance. use after authenticating to confirm account funds.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Get Contributions
Tool to retrieve list of contributions to the authenticated user's fund. use when needing to paginate through contribution history.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Get Donations
Tool to retrieve a list of donations for the authenticated user. use after authentication to fetch donation history.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Get Gift by Code
Tool to retrieve details of a specific gift by its unique code. use after obtaining the gift code.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Get Gifts
Tool to retrieve a list of gifts. use when you need to page or filter gifts.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Get Non-Profit by EIN
Tool to retrieve information about a non-profit organization by ein. use after confirming the correct nine-digit ein.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Get User Causes
Tool to retrieve a list of causes for a specified user. use after confirming the user id is valid.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Daffy, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
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