Turn Todoist prompts into Canvas discussions
Capture a discussion idea in Todoist and have Notis prepare it for your learners.
Trigger
New Task Created
Trigger when a new task is added to Todoist.
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
Good discussion prompts get buried in task lists before they reach students.
- Capture ideas immediately
- Keep prompts organized by course
- Reduce launch friction
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Todoist and Canvas once.
- 2Create an automation describing how qualifying tasks become discussion topics.
- 3Select New Task Created as the trigger.
- 4Choose where reports should go and test with one prompt task.
Questions about this workflow
Can the topic remain unpublished for review?
Yes, instruct Notis to create it as unpublished until you approve it.
Can task notes become the discussion body?
Yes, ask Notis to use the task details as the topic content.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Todoist to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Todoist 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 Task Created
Trigger when a new task is added to Todoist.
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
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.
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.
Todoist and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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