Bring a climate impact snapshot into course discussions
When a course discussion moves, Notis can retrieve the connected Ecologi user's overall impact and prepare a factual context update.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Fires when a new message is posted in a discussion topic.
Action
Get User Impact
View a user's combined environmental impact, including trees and carbon.
Why this helps
Useful discussion moments pass quickly, while checking and explaining impact totals takes a separate manual step.
- Retrieve all supported impact categories in one request.
- Tie the report to a real discussion activity.
- Keep individual impact figures grounded in the connected user's account.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Ecologi once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve the connected Ecologi user's overall funded impact when a discussion message arrives and prepare a short factual report.
- 4Pick New Canvas Discussion Message as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real discussion message and verify the report describes user-wide totals.
Questions about this workflow
Does the workflow post a reply into Canvas?
No. The available Ecologi actions retrieve impact data; they do not post Canvas messages.
Can the report tell which discussion funded the impact?
No. Ecologi's overall impact action returns user-level totals and does not identify a discussion or course as the source.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Ecologi. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Ecologi actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get User Carbon Offset
View a user's total avoided carbon emissions.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get User Carbon Removal
View a user's total carbon removed from the atmosphere.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Fires when a new submission for an assignment is graded.
Get User Habitat Restoration
View the habitat area restored by a user.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Fires when a new submission is made for an assignment.
Get User Impact
View a user's combined environmental impact, including trees and carbon.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Fires when a new message is posted in a discussion topic.
Get User Trees
View the number of trees a user has funded.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Fires when a new discussion topic is created in a course.
New Course Created for User
Fires when a new course is created for a user.
New Canvas File Upload
Fires when a new file is uploaded to a course.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Ecologi, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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