Plan a discussion session with schedule details
Bring the underlying availability schedule into view when a new topic calls for a live session.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Action
Get user availability schedule
Retrieves an existing user availability schedule by its uuid; this schedule defines the user's default hours of availability.
Why this helps
Planning around regular availability can require a separate Calendly lookup at the moment a topic needs attention.
- Retrieve existing availability schedule details.
- Make regular meeting hours easier to consider during planning.
- Reduce context switching from course discussion to calendar settings.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Calendly once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve the relevant user's availability schedule when a new discussion topic is created, providing the schedule UUID.
- 4Pick New Canvas Discussion Topic as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real topic and check the returned schedule details.
Questions about this workflow
What information is needed to retrieve a schedule?
The action retrieves an existing schedule by its UUID. Provide the relevant UUID in the instruction or connected context.
Does this change the user's availability?
No. It retrieves schedule details for review.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Calendly. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Calendly actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Cancel event
Permanently cancels an existing, active scheduled event by its `uuid`, optionally providing a `reason`, which may trigger notifications to invitees.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create an invitee no-show
Marks an invitee, identified by their existing and valid uri, as a 'no show' for a scheduled event.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Create One-Off Event Type
Creates a temporary calendly one-off event type for unique meetings outside regular availability, requiring valid host/co-host uris, a future date/range for `date setting`, and a positive `duration`.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Create scheduling link
Create a single-use scheduling link. creates a scheduling link that can be used to book an event. the link allows invitees to schedule up to the specified maximum number of events. once the limit is reached, the link becomes inactive.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Create share
Creates a customizable, one-time share link for a calendly event type, allowing specific overrides to its settings (e.g., duration, availability, location) without altering the original event type.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Create single use scheduling link
Creates a one-time, single-use scheduling link for an active calendly event type, expiring after one booking.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Create webhook subscription
Creates a calendly webhook subscription to notify a specified `url` (which must be a publicly accessible https endpoint) for selected `events` within a given `organization` and `scope`.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Delete invitee data
Permanently removes all invitee data associated with the provided emails from past organization events, for data privacy compliance (requires enterprise subscription; deletion may take up to one week).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Calendly, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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