Create Canvas discussion topics from WhatsApp themes
Spot recurring confusion and give it a structured place to resolve.
Trigger
New WhatsApp Message Received
Polling trigger that monitors for new messages received in TimelinesAI WhatsApp chats.
Action
Create discussion topic
Creates a new discussion topic in a specified canvas course, allowing comprehensive configuration of its content, type, publication settings, engagement features, and associations.
Why this helps
Repeated questions signal a learning gap, but creating a formal discussion topic keeps getting postponed.
- Surfaces recurring issues
- Creates a dedicated place for answers
- Keeps course materials responsive
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect TimelinesAI and Canvas in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named WhatsApp theme to discussion topic.
- 3Tell Notis to detect repeated course themes and create a discussion topic in the named Canvas course with a useful title and prompt.
- 4Pick the New WhatsApp Message Received trigger.
- 5Choose a report channel and test with a real cluster of messages.
Questions about this workflow
Will every message create a topic?
No. Instruct Notis to create one only when a repeated or important theme is detected.
Can the topic be unpublished first?
Yes. Include the desired publication state in your instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Timelinesai to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Timelinesai triggers
Canvas actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create account notification
Creates a global notification within a canvas account, ensuring `end at` is after `start at` and any specified `notification roles` are valid.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create appointment group
Creates a new appointment group in canvas for schedulable time slots within specified course or group contexts.
New WhatsApp Message Received
Polling trigger that monitors for new messages received in TimelinesAI WhatsApp chats.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Create assignment override
Creates an assignment override to adjust due/unlock/lock dates for an assignment in a course, targeting specific students (requires `title`), a group, or a course section; at least one target (`student ids`, `group id`, or `course section id`) is required.
Create Calendar Event
Creates a calendar event with options for recurrence (finite `rrule` series only), section-specific timings, and blackout dates within a specified context.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
Create content share
Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.
Create conversation
Use to send messages in canvas by creating a new conversation or adding to an existing one; an existing conversation with the same recipients (and matching scope/filter, if specified) may be reused unless `force new` is true.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Timelinesai and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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