Put Blackboard course sessions on your calendar
Send a course session request to Notis and get a calendar event with the details you need to show up prepared.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Course session details can get buried between Blackboard and your calendar, leaving you to recheck dates and times.
- Keep confirmed course sessions visible alongside other commitments.
- Carry relevant course context into the calendar event.
- Avoid retyping session details when a request is submitted.
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 create a calendar event from each submitted course session request, using only confirmed date, time, and course details.
- 4Choose the webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real course session request.
Questions about this workflow
What starts this workflow?
A webhook request starts it. Blackboard has no listed native trigger events, so the request must be sent to the Notis webhook.
What if the request has no confirmed time?
Notis should not invent a time. Have it ask for or report the missing date or time before creating an event.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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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