Remember to return to important Canvas discussions
Keep useful discussion messages from disappearing under newer course activity with a calendar reminder.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Action
Quick Add Event
Parses natural language text to quickly create a basic google calendar event with its title, date, and time, suitable for simple scheduling; does not support direct attendee addition or recurring events, and `calendar id` must be valid if not 'primary'.
Why this helps
A discussion message may need a thoughtful response, but switching away to handle it can make it easy to forget to return.
- Keep discussion follow-up in your calendar.
- Choose when the reminder should happen in your instruction.
- Reduce the need to revisit Canvas just to find pending replies.
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 reminder for each new discussion message at a timing you specify.
- 4Pick the New Canvas Discussion Message trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real discussion message.
Questions about this workflow
Can Notis decide which messages deserve a reply?
Notis can use criteria you provide in your instruction. If a message needs a reply, explain how to identify it.
Can the reminder include the discussion context?
Ask Notis to use available message details in the event text. Availability of particular details depends on the data returned by Canvas.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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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