Create a Canvas discussion for every new Spotify playlist
Launch a focused conversation as soon as a new listening collection appears.
Trigger
New Playlist Created or Deleted
Triggers when a new playlist is created or deleted.
Action
Create discussion topic
Creates a new discussion topic in a specified canvas course, allowing comprehensive configuration of its content, type, publication settings, engagement features, and associations.
Why this helps
New playlists often need an introduction before students know how to use them.
- Introduces new listening collections quickly
- Gives students a clear response path
- Keeps course engagement tied to current material
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Spotify and Canvas once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation named New Playlist Discussion.
- 3Tell Notis to create a discussion topic in the chosen Canvas course using the playlist name, purpose, and one opening question.
- 4Pick New Playlist Created or Deleted as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test it by creating one real playlist.
Questions about this workflow
What happens when a playlist is deleted?
Tell Notis to skip deletion events or create a closing notice according to your course policy.
Can the topic be unpublished first?
Yes. Include the desired publication state in your instruction.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Spotify to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Spotify 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 Device Added
Triggers when a new device is added.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
Spotify Playlist Item Change
Triggers when songs are added to or removed from a Spotify playlist.
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.
New Playlist Created or Deleted
Triggers when a new playlist is created or deleted.
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.
Spotify and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
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