Weekly Check-In: Stay Ahead of Canvas Deadlines
Sunday night panic about assignments you didn't know existed shouldn't be your Monday. Set up a weekly Slack reminder to review all your Canvas assignments and plan the week. Stay ahead of deadlines instead of always playing catch-up.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create a reminder
Creates a slack reminder with specified text and time; time accepts unix timestamps, seconds from now, or natural language (e.g., 'in 15 minutes', 'every thursday at 2pm').
Why this helps
You discover assignments are due tomorrow because you haven't been in Canvas in days. Deadlines sneak up, you scramble, and your quality suffers. A high-level weekly check-in would transform this but feels like one more task to remember.
- One reminder, all your deadlines in one place
- Plan your week proactively instead of reactively
- Reduce Sunday-night panic
- Catch deadlines days in advance, not hours
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Slack.
- 2Create Automation: Name ('Weekly Assignment Review'), Prompt ('Every Monday morning, remind me in Slack to check Canvas for upcoming assignments and deadlines for the week'), Channel (your personal channel), Trigger ('notis_cron' - set to weekly/Monday 8 AM).
- 3Each week, you'll get a Slack reminder to review Canvas assignments.
Questions about this workflow
Can I change the day and time?
Absolutely—adjust the prompt to 'every Wednesday at 5 PM' or any day/time that fits your rhythm.
What if I'm not busy that week?
The reminder is just a check-in. Even if there's little due, you'll have peace of mind knowing you checked.
Can I get the assignment list in the Slack message?
Refine the prompt to ask Notis to fetch and include upcoming Canvas assignments in the reminder.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Slack actions
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Add a custom emoji to a Slack team
Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Add an emoji alias
Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Add a remote file
Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
Add reaction to message
Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.
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