Share Jira progress in a Canvas discussion
Bring selected project changes into the Canvas discussion where learners already follow the work.
Trigger
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.
Action
Create discussion entry
Tool to create a new entry in a canvas discussion topic. use when posting a message with optional attachments to a discussion topic.
Why this helps
Learners may miss useful project updates when they are scattered across Jira and course spaces.
- Keep project context near course conversations
- Reduce manual status reposting
- Share only the changes described in your instruction
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Jira and Canvas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation and tell Notis which Jira changes to post and which Canvas discussion topic to use.
- 3Pick the Updated Issue trigger.
- 4Choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real issue update.
Questions about this workflow
Will it create a new discussion topic?
No. This workflow creates an entry in an existing discussion topic. Specify the topic in your instruction.
Can it post every issue change?
Your instruction should identify which changes matter. The trigger fires on issue updates, including field changes such as status or assignee.
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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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