See what is already on your calendar near a course deadline
Get a focused view of commitments around a Blackboard deadline before you decide when to work on it.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Find event
Finds events in a specified google calendar using text query, time ranges (event start/end, last modification), and event types; ensure `timemin` is not chronologically after `timemax` if both are provided.
Why this helps
A due date is easy to underestimate when you have to manually scan several days of calendar events.
- Surface nearby commitments without manually scanning the calendar.
- Make deadline planning easier with a concise summary.
- Keep the deadline context attached to the search request.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Blackboard and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to search the calendar around each submitted Blackboard deadline and summarize nearby commitments, flagging any missing deadline date.
- 4Choose the webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real deadline that includes its due date.
Questions about this workflow
Does this create a calendar event for the deadline?
No. It searches calendar events around the submitted deadline and summarizes what it finds.
Will it infer missing deadline dates from Blackboard?
No. The request needs to include the deadline date because the listed Blackboard context provides no event data or trigger.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Blackboard to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Blackboard triggers
Google Calendar actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
Delete Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Blackboard and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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