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Keep Telegram-announced deadlines visible in Canvas

When a channel announces a course deadline, Notis can add it to the Canvas calendar so it is easier to see alongside other dates.

Trigger

New Channel Post

Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.

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

Deadlines announced in a channel can be missed when participants rely on remembering to check old posts.

  • Make announced deadlines visible in the course calendar.
  • Reduce the chance that key dates are forgotten.
  • Keep course timing information together.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Telegram and Canvas to Notis once through the portal.
  • 2Create an automation or ask Notis to turn eligible channel deadlines into calendar events.
  • 3Write one instruction describing the relevant deadlines, course context, and event details.
  • 4Select New Channel Post, choose a reporting channel, and test with one real deadline announcement.

Questions about this workflow

Can it distinguish a deadline from other dates?

Describe how deadlines are phrased or identified in the instruction.

What if the post is later corrected?

The new post trigger applies to new posts. A separate edited-message workflow can handle corrections when the bot can see the edited message.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Telegram triggers

Canvas actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

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.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create appointment group

Creates a new appointment group in canvas for schedulable time slots within specified course or group contexts.

ActionInstant

New Message Received

Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.

TriggerInstant

Create an assignment

Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.

ActionInstant

New Channel Post

Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Callback Query Received

Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Message Edited

Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.

TriggerInstant

Create communication channel

Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.

ActionInstant

New Chat Member

Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.

TriggerInstant

Create content share

Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Telegram and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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