Every New Canvas Assignment on Your Calendar
For the whole school year. DuckyHelper learns Canvas's web API the first time, puts every assignment and exam across your courses on Google Calendar with a reminder two days ahead, then keeps watching and adds new ones the moment they're posted.
“Whenever something new is posted in my Canvas courses, put it on my Google Calendar with a reminder two days before.”
- 01Read all your courses and what's due
- 02Learn the web APIs of Canvas and Google Calendar, first time onlyBuilt from each site's own buttons, forms and requests. Kept on your device and reused next time.
listCourses()listAssignments(course)getUpcomingEvents()createEvent(event)
- 03Add everything to your calendar with reminders
- 04Keep watching for new postsEach check is one quick call, not a click through six courses.
- 05Add new ones the moment they show up
You getNever surprised by a due date. Every deadline from every course in one calendar, kept current all term.
A run, drawn from this page · early access on Mac
Nothing to send, so it runs straight through.
Nothing in this job sends a message or pays for anything, so it works through to the end and tells you when it's done. If a step ever would, it's built to stop and ask you first.
If it hits a sign-in, you sign in yourself. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers.
Set it once. It keeps going.
This one is always on. Whenever something new is posted, it checks canvas.instructure.com through the API it learned, so each run is quick, and every run lands in the history.
It's still built to ask before it sends or pays. Always-on automations are in early access on Mac.
New automation- Site
- canvas.instructure.com
- What
- Add every new assignment and exam to my calendar with a reminder two days before.
- When
- Whenever something new is posted
- Runs
- Always on · through the API it learned
- Added Chem lab report, due Friday3:12 PM
- Added History essay draft, due Nov 21Tue
- Added Unit 4 quiz, Nov 18Mon
Before you ask it.
What do I say?
Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud, in your own words, like "Whenever something new is posted in my Canvas courses, put it on my Google Calendar with a reminder two days before."
Why is the second time faster?
The first time, it writes small JavaScript tools for Canvas and Google Calendar and builds an API from each site's own buttons, forms and requests. After that it calls them directly, so the job runs in one go instead of click by click. It costs less and breaks less.
Will it send anything without me?
It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers: you sign in yourself, and it picks up from there.
Why not just do it by hand?
Each course posts dates its own way, and the one you miss is the one buried in a module.
Can it keep doing this on its own?
Yes, that's the point of this one. Whenever something new is posted, it checks canvas.instructure.com through the API it learned, so each run is quick. Pause or change it any time.
Can I use this today?
Doing jobs in your apps is in early access on Mac. Talking to DuckyHelper, and having it see your screen and draw on it, works today on Mac, Windows and Linux.
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