Put important planned dates on the Canvas calendar
When a new task records a date learners need, Notis can create the corresponding Canvas calendar event.
Trigger
New Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created in a project.
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
A course date recorded during project planning can be forgotten when it is time to update the LMS calendar.
- Carry planned dates into the course calendar
- Reduce duplicate scheduling effort
- Make important course dates visible
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis what you want from any channel.
- 3Describe in one instruction which new task dates should become calendar events, and provide the Canvas context and event details.
- 4Pick Asana's New Task Created trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real task and check the date and event details in Canvas.
Questions about this workflow
Can this make recurring events?
The Canvas action supports recurrence with finite rrule series only. State recurrence details in your instruction when needed.
Can the event have different timings by section?
The action supports section-specific timings and blackout dates. Provide those details and the Canvas context in your instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Asana to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Asana 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.
Attachment Added to Task
Triggers when an attachment is added to a task.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
New Comment on Task
Triggers when a comment is added to a task in a project.
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 Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created in a project.
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.
Task Moved to Section
Triggers when a task is moved to a section in a project.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
Tag Added to Task
Triggers when a tag is added to a task. Note: Asana's event structure is inverted for tag events — the resource is the task and the parent is the tag. So parent.gid gives the tag GID.
Create content share
Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.
Task Updated
Triggers when a task is updated in a project.
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.
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