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Find the topics in audio shared in Canvas discussions

When a new discussion message includes an accessible audio recording, Notis can ask Deepgram to transcribe it and detect its main topics for your review.

Trigger

New Canvas Discussion Message

Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.

Action

Topic Detection

Tool to transcribe audio and detect topics. use when you need to identify the main topics discussed in an audio recording after confirming the file url is publicly accessible.

Why this helps

Audio buried in discussion threads is easy to overlook when you are trying to follow several conversations.

  • Spot the subjects covered in audio shared in a discussion.
  • Get a transcript alongside detected topics from the Deepgram action.
  • Skip messages without accessible audio.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Canvas and Deepgram once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis to create it from any channel.
  • 3In one instruction, ask Notis to detect topics in new discussion messages only when they contain a publicly accessible audio URL.
  • 4Choose the New Canvas Discussion Message trigger and select where run reports go.
  • 5Test with one real discussion message containing publicly accessible audio.

Questions about this workflow

Does every discussion message contain audio?

No. Ask Notis to process only messages that include an audio URL Deepgram can access.

What does the action return?

The listed action transcribes audio and detects the main topics discussed.

Can it identify topics from text-only posts?

This Deepgram action processes audio. Text-only messages do not provide audio for it to analyze.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Deepgram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Canvas triggers

Deepgram actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Get Public Models

Tool to retrieve metadata on all the latest public deepgram speech-to-text models. use when you need to list available models; set include outdated to true to include deprecated versions.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

List Deepgram Projects

Tool to list all deepgram projects. use after authenticating with your api key.

ActionInstant

Canvas Assignment Graded

Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

Get Project Usage Summary

Tool to retrieve a summary of usage data for a specified deepgram project. use when you need high-level metrics (submitted, processed, billable durations, etc.) optionally filtered by time window, model, accessor, or tag.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Assignment Submission

Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

Get Public TTS Models

Tool to fetch metadata about all latest public tts voice models. use when you need to list available deepgram tts voices.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Message

Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.

TriggerPolling

List Project Scopes

Tool to list all scopes for a specified deepgram project. use when you need to retrieve all permission scopes for a project.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Topic

Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.

TriggerPolling

Transcribe Pre-recorded Audio

Tool to transcribe pre-recorded audio files into text. use when you need to convert an audio file at a url to text after confirming the file url is publicly accessible.

ActionInstant

New Course Created for User

Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.

TriggerPolling

Summarize Audio

Tool to generate concise summaries from audio content. use when you need a quick summary of audio after confirming the file url is publicly accessible.

ActionInstant

New Canvas File Upload

Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.

TriggerPolling

Text-to-Speech (REST)

Tool to convert text into natural-sounding speech. use when you need tts audio from text inputs.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Canvas and Deepgram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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