Plan for a Canvas deadline with goal urgency visible
Before settling into deadline work, check the goal urgency that may also need space in your plan.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Get Beeminder User Information
Tool to retrieve information about a specified beeminder user. use when you need to fetch details like timezone, goals, urgency, or deleted goals after authenticating successfully.
Why this helps
Deadline pressure can narrow attention until other urgent commitments are easy to overlook.
- Add a Beeminder urgency check to a deadline planning cue.
- Keep other tracked commitments visible during focused course work.
- Use a request-based trigger at the moment you choose.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Beeminder once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation by telling Notis to retrieve Beeminder account details when you start planning for a Canvas deadline.
- 3Pick a Notis webhook trigger and connect your planning entry point to send an HTTP request.
- 4Choose where Notis should send run reports, then test with one real request.
Questions about this workflow
Will this know when a Canvas deadline is approaching?
No. The webhook is started by an HTTP request from your chosen entry point.
What details can it retrieve?
Beeminder account information can include timezone, goals, urgency, or deleted goals after authentication.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Beeminder. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Beeminder actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Authenticate and Redirect User
Tool to authenticate a user and redirect them to a given url. use when sending a user into the beeminder web ui directly after oauth or token validation.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Charge
Tool to create a new charge for a user. use when billing a user outside of goal pledges; supports dryrun mode.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Get Archived Goals
Tool to retrieve archived goals for a specified user. use when you need to inspect a user's past archived goals.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Get Beeminder User Information
Tool to retrieve information about a specified beeminder user. use when you need to fetch details like timezone, goals, urgency, or deleted goals after authenticating successfully.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Beeminder, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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