Create a Canvas assignment from a Jira issue
Move a defined task into Canvas as an assignment, with the course details and assignment instructions you provide.
Trigger
New Issue
Fires when a new issue is created in the Jira project you configure. Only issues created in that project produce an event.
Action
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Why this helps
Course tasks can be missed when actionable work starts in Jira and needs to be recreated in Canvas.
- Reduce duplicate assignment entry
- Keep course tasks tied to their originating work
- Use a run report to spot missing course details
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Jira and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation and tell Notis which new Jira issues should become Canvas assignments and what assignment details to use.
- 3Pick the New Issue trigger.
- 4Choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real Jira issue.
Questions about this workflow
Can every new issue become an assignment?
Your instruction can specify which issues qualify. Jira's New Issue trigger fires for issues created in the configured project.
What if the issue does not include a course or due date?
Provide default details in the instruction or have Notis report that the information is missing rather than guessing.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Jira to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Jira 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 Issue
Fires when a new issue is created in the Jira project you configure. Only issues created in that project produce an event.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
New Project
Triggered when a new project is added in Jira
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.
Updated Issue
Fires when an existing issue is changed in the Jira project you configure — for example its status, assignee, or any other field on the issue is updated. Only issues in that project produce an event. It does not fire on comment activity: adding, editing, or deleting a comment on an issue will not produce an event from this trigger.
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.
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.
Jira and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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