Connect new course materials with upcoming meetings
A new file can change what needs discussion. Review upcoming bookings while the material is top of mind.
Trigger
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Action
Fetch all bookings
Fetches a list of bookings, optionally filtered by status, attendee, date range, or by event/team ids (which must belong to/include the authenticated user respectively), with support for pagination and sorting.
Why this helps
Course materials and meeting schedules are easy to review separately, leaving instructors to manually connect a new resource with planned conversations.
- Review upcoming bookings after a course file upload.
- Bring scheduling context into course material follow-up.
- Reduce manual cross-checking across course and calendar.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Cal once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to fetch upcoming Cal bookings after a course file upload and highlight possible meeting context supported by the returned details.
- 4Pick the New Canvas File Upload trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real file upload and review the report.
Questions about this workflow
Will this notify meeting attendees about the uploaded file?
No. The available Cal action fetches bookings and does not send updates to attendees.
Can it match a file with a meeting topic?
It can compare details that the apps return. If those details do not identify a relationship, supply matching guidance in your instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Cal. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Cal actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add member to team
Adds a new member to a specified team within an organization by creating a team membership.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add organization attribute option
Adds a new option to an organization's attribute, requiring a display `value` and a `slug` unique for that attribute.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Delete oauth client webhook
Permanently deletes a specific webhook subscription of an oauth client in the cal application, stopping its notifications.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Cancel booking via uid
Cancels an existing and active cal.com booking using its unique identifier (uid).
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Check calendar availability
Retrieves free/busy availability for a specified calendar to aid scheduling without revealing event details; requires an existing, accessible calendar, noting that data granularity can vary.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Check gcal synchronization status
Call this read-only action to verify the connection and synchronization status of a user's google calendar integration with cal.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Check ics feed calendar endpoint
Checks an ics feed url (expected as a query parameter) to verify its validity, accessibility, and icalendar data integrity.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Check Stripe status
Verifies if stripe is correctly connected to the cal scheduling system and functional for processing payments, reporting only on the integration's status.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Cal, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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