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Review Canvas assignments from Trello activity

Start a focused course audit from the activity that prompted it.

Trigger

New Activity Trigger

Triggered when there is activity in Trello.

Action

Get all assignments

Retrieves assignments for a specified canvas course.

Why this helps

Assignment audits get postponed because the trigger and the course data live in different places.

  • Starts audits from real signals
  • Surfaces stale or missing details
  • Creates an actionable report

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Trello and Canvas once in Notis.
  • 2Create an automation asking Notis to fetch and summarize assignments after relevant activity.
  • 3Pick Trello New Activity Trigger.
  • 4Choose a report channel and test with one review signal.

Questions about this workflow

Can Notis compare assignments with the card context?

Yes, ask it to highlight mismatches using the activity details and returned Canvas data.

Does this change assignments?

This workflow only fetches and reports; use an edit action for changes.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Trello to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Trello triggers

Canvas actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

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.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create appointment group

Creates a new appointment group in canvas for schedulable time slots within specified course or group contexts.

ActionInstant

Card Archived Trigger

Triggered when a card is archived in the specified board

TriggerInstant

Create an assignment

Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.

ActionInstant

New Activity Trigger

Triggered when there is activity in Trello.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

New Board Trigger

Triggered when a board is created in the specified workspace

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

New Card Trigger

Triggered when a card is created in the specified board

TriggerInstant

Create communication channel

Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.

ActionInstant

Card Updated Trigger

Triggered when a specific card is updated

TriggerInstant

Create content share

Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Trello and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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