Bring Telegram session plans into the Canvas calendar
When a group agrees on a session in Telegram, Notis can place it on the Canvas calendar so participants know where to look.
Trigger
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.
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
Dates settled in chat are easy to forget when they are not added to the course calendar.
- Keep course sessions visible in the Canvas calendar.
- Reduce manual transfer of agreed dates.
- Help participants return to one dependable schedule.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Canvas to Notis once.
- 2Create an automation from the portal or describe the calendar outcome to Notis conversationally.
- 3Write one instruction explaining which confirmed session messages become events and the relevant Canvas context.
- 4Select New Message Received, choose a channel for run reports, and test with one confirmed session.
Questions about this workflow
Should tentative dates create events?
Specify that only confirmed dates should be used in the plain-language instruction.
Can recurring events be created?
The Canvas action supports finite recurrence rules; include recurrence expectations when describing the event.
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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.
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.
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.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
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.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
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.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
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.
Telegram and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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