Create Canvas calendar events for new cohorts
Put the next onboarding milestone on the learner calendar automatically.
Trigger
Subscribe Trigger
Triggered when a subscriber subscribes to Mailchimp
Action
Create Calendar Event
Creates a calendar event with options for recurrence (finite `rrule` series only), section-specific timings, and blackout dates within a specified context.
Why this helps
New cohort members miss dates because calendar setup happens after signup.
- Makes dates visible immediately
- Standardizes cohort onboarding
- Reduces missed milestones
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Mailchimp and Canvas in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation specifying the qualifying audience, event details, context, and recurrence if needed.
- 3Pick the Mailchimp Subscribe Trigger.
- 4Choose a report channel.
- 5Test with one real subscription.
Questions about this workflow
Can the event recur?
Yes. Provide a finite recurrence rule when a recurring series is needed.
Can blackout dates be included?
Yes. Include known blackout dates in the instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Mailchimp to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Mailchimp triggers
Canvas actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create account notification
Creates a global notification within a canvas account, ensuring `end at` is after `start at` and any specified `notification roles` are valid.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create appointment group
Creates a new appointment group in canvas for schedulable time slots within specified course or group contexts.
Campaign Trigger
Triggered when a campaign is sent or experiences an event in Mailchimp
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Profile Update Trigger
Triggered when a subscriber's profile is updated in Mailchimp
Create assignment override
Creates an assignment override to adjust due/unlock/lock dates for an assignment in a course, targeting specific students (requires `title`), a group, or a course section; at least one target (`student ids`, `group id`, or `course section id`) is required.
Subscribe Trigger
Triggered when a subscriber subscribes to Mailchimp
Create Calendar Event
Creates a calendar event with options for recurrence (finite `rrule` series only), section-specific timings, and blackout dates within a specified context.
Unsubscribe Trigger
Triggered when a subscriber unsubscribes from Mailchimp
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
Create content share
Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.
Create conversation
Use to send messages in canvas by creating a new conversation or adding to an existing one; an existing conversation with the same recipients (and matching scope/filter, if specified) may be reused unless `force new` is true.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Mailchimp and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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