Create a Canvas discussion for each new playlist
Give every new content series a home for student conversation.
Trigger
New Playlist in YouTube Channel
Triggers when a new playlist is added to a YouTube channel.
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
New playlists can launch without a matching course discussion space.
- Launch discussion spaces quickly
- Organize series based learning
- Keep course and channel structure aligned
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect YouTube and Canvas in Notis.
- 2Create an automation for new playlist discussions.
- 3Describe the discussion title, prompt, and course in one instruction.
- 4Pick New Playlist in YouTube Channel as the trigger and select a report channel.
- 5Test with one new playlist.
Questions about this workflow
Can the topic be published automatically?
Tell Notis to use the publication setting you want when creating the topic.
Can this support multiple courses?
Yes. Specify the destination course or routing rules in the instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Youtube to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Youtube 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 YouTube Activity
Triggers when a new activity is detected on a YouTube channel.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
New Item in YouTube Playlist
Triggers when a new item is added to a YouTube playlist.
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.
New Playlist in YouTube Channel
Triggers when a new playlist is added to a YouTube channel.
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.
New YouTube Channel Subscription
Triggers when a new channel is subscribed.
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.
Youtube and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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