Give Canvas submission reporting a Databox home
Start organizing submission analytics as soon as learners turn in their work.
Trigger
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Action
Create Data Source
Tool to create a new data source in Databox. Use when you need to create a logical container for datasets within a Databox account. Requires accountId, title, and timezone parameters.
Why this helps
New course reporting efforts often stall while teams decide where to organize the data.
- Create a dedicated reporting container at the moment activity begins.
- Reduce setup delay for new course analysis.
- Keep reporting organization aligned with incoming Canvas activity.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Databox once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
- 3Tell Notis to create a Databox data source for the relevant submission reporting need, including the required account and timezone context.
- 4Choose the New Canvas Assignment Submission trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real new submission and confirm the source was created in Databox.
Questions about this workflow
Does this action create a dataset too?
No. It creates a data source container. Create a dataset separately before pushing records into it.
What does Databox require to create the source?
The action requires an account ID, a title, and a timezone. Make the needed account and timezone context available to Notis.
Will every submission create another source?
The trigger fires for new submissions. To avoid unnecessary duplicate sources, instruct Notis to check for an existing source when that information is available, or use this workflow only when a new reporting source is intended.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Databox. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Databox actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Dataset
Tool to create a new dataset in Databox data source. Use when you need to initialize a dataset with a title, data source ID, and primary keys for unique record identification.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Data Source
Tool to create a new data source in Databox. Use when you need to create a logical container for datasets within a Databox account. Requires accountId, title, and timezone parameters.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Delete Dataset
Tool to delete a dataset by ID in Databox. Use when you need to permanently remove a dataset. This operation is irreversible.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Delete Data Source
Tool to delete a data source by ID in Databox. Use when you need to permanently remove a data source. This operation is irreversible and will delete all associated datasets.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Get Dataset Ingestion Status
Tool to check the status of a specific data ingestion for a dataset. Use when you need to verify whether a data ingestion was successful by providing the dataset ID and ingestion ID returned from the initial POST request.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
List Accounts
Tool to retrieve all Databox accounts accessible to the authenticated user. Use to identify account IDs required for subsequent API operations like data source creation.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Push Data to Dataset (V1)
Tool to push data points to a Databox dataset using the v1 API. Use when you need to ingest data records into a specific dataset by providing the dataset ID and an array of records matching the dataset schema.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Databox, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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