Make room for a new course on your calendar
A new course brings new work. Check your available time while the course setup is still fresh.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Course setup and support hours can crowd an already full calendar, and finding open time by hand adds another task.
- Check free and busy time as soon as a course is created.
- Plan course preparation around existing commitments.
- Use scheduling information without exposing event details.
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 check the specified Cal calendar's availability after a course is created and report openings for course preparation or support.
- 4Pick the New Course Created for User trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real newly created course and review the report.
Questions about this workflow
Does this create calendar blocks for preparation time?
No. The available action checks availability but does not create events or reserve time.
What if I have a preferred schedule for course work?
Include your preferred days, times, and timezone in the automation instruction so Notis can assess the returned availability against them.
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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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