Give every new Canvas course its own calendar
Start a course with a dedicated calendar ready for planning deadlines, sessions, and study time.
Trigger
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Action
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
Why this helps
Course planning can get mixed into a crowded calendar, making it harder to see what belongs to each course.
- Create a dedicated calendar when a course is created.
- Keep course planning separate and easier to scan.
- Use the course name returned by Canvas as the calendar title when available.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, then New Automation.
- 3Tell Notis to create a Google Calendar named for each newly created course, using the course name returned by Canvas.
- 4Pick the New Course Created for User trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real course creation.
Questions about this workflow
Will this add course deadlines to the new calendar?
No. This workflow creates an empty calendar. Adding events requires another workflow or an instruction grounded in event data available from Canvas.
Which user's courses are watched?
The trigger polls newly created courses for a specific user. Select the intended user when choosing the trigger.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Google Calendar actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Delete Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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