Plan a topic session around existing commitments
A timely topic session is easier to arrange when you can see the busy periods already on your calendar.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Action
List user busy times
Fetches a user's busy time intervals (internal and external calendar events) in ascending order for a period up to 7 days; keyset pagination is not supported.
Why this helps
Planning a session without checking existing commitments adds avoidable coordination and can put a promising discussion on hold.
- Review busy periods before planning a session.
- Ground scheduling decisions in the user's calendar.
- Reduce time spent checking calendars separately.
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 busy times for a specified period of up to seven days when a discussion topic is created.
- 4Pick New Canvas Discussion Topic as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real topic and check the returned time period and busy intervals.
Questions about this workflow
How long a period can this check?
The action supports a period of up to seven days and returns busy intervals in ascending order.
Does it tell me which times are free?
It returns busy times. It does not directly provide event type availability or book a meeting.
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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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