Put course dates from email on the Canvas calendar
Keep course dates visible where learners plan their work by turning relevant Agent mail updates into Canvas calendar events.
Trigger
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Action
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.
Why this helps
Dates announced by email have to be added to Canvas separately, leaving room for missed or inconsistent reminders.
- Reduce manual calendar entry
- Make key course dates visible in Canvas
- Lower the chance of overlooked date updates
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Agent mail and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation.
- 3Tell Notis which emails contain course dates and how to create a calendar event from the provided information.
- 4Select New Email Received as the trigger and set the run report destination.
- 5Test with one real dated course email and verify the event.
Questions about this workflow
Can it create recurring events from an email?
The Canvas action supports finite recurrence rules. Describe the intended recurrence clearly and provide all needed dates.
What if the email does not include a clear date or course context?
Tell Notis to flag incomplete messages in its run report instead of guessing.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Agent mail to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Agent mail 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 Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
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.
Agent mail and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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