Post WhatsApp questions to Canvas discussions
Give recurring questions a searchable home in Canvas.
Trigger
New WhatsApp Message Received
Polling trigger that monitors for new messages received in TimelinesAI WhatsApp chats.
Action
Create discussion entry
Tool to create a new entry in a canvas discussion topic. use when posting a message with optional attachments to a discussion topic.
Why this helps
Good questions stay trapped in private chats instead of helping the wider class.
- Makes answers reusable
- Reduces repeated explanations
- Creates a searchable course record
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect TimelinesAI and Canvas in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named WhatsApp discussion intake.
- 3Tell Notis to identify substantive questions, remove private details, and post a concise entry to the specified Canvas discussion topic.
- 4Pick the New WhatsApp Message Received trigger.
- 5Choose where run reports go and test with one real question.
Questions about this workflow
Can private information be removed?
Yes. Instruct Notis to anonymize names and omit sensitive details before posting.
Can it reply to an existing topic?
Yes. Provide the discussion topic context in the 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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