Align course reminders with campaign sequence timing
Keep learners oriented when course milestones and a related email sequence overlap.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create Calendar Event
Creates a calendar event, optionally as a recurring series.
Why this helps
When course dates and email sequence timing are separate, helpful reminders can arrive too late or be missed.
- Coordinate relevant course reminders with sequence timing.
- Reduce manual date checking across campaign and course tools.
- Create event descriptions that explain the connection between the date and course.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect ActiveTrail and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis to review sequence dates and create calendar reminders only for milestones that match the specified course context.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule as the trigger.
- 5Choose where run reports go, then test with one real example.
Questions about this workflow
Can it create a reminder for every email in a sequence?
The prompt can specify which dates matter. Use a focused milestone rule to avoid unnecessary calendar entries.
Does it know course dates automatically?
Only if the relevant course dates are accessible in Canvas data returned to Notis or supplied in the instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link ActiveTrail to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
ActiveTrail 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 notification for the Canvas account.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Abort Quiz Report Generation
Cancels quiz report generation or removes a previously generated report.
Create appointment group
Creates an appointment group with schedulable time slots.
Add conversation message
Adds a follow-up message to an existing conversation.
Create an assignment
Creates an assignment in a Canvas course.
Add course to favorites
Adds a course to the current user’s favorites; no change occurs if it is already saved.
Create assignment override
Creates an assignment override to adjust dates for selected students, a group, or a course section.
Add group to favorites
Adds a group to the current user’s favorites; no change occurs if it is already saved.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
ActiveTrail and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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