Share Trello activity in Canvas discussions
Turn board activity into a clear update where your class already looks for context.
Trigger
New Activity Trigger
Triggered when there is activity in Trello.
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
Important project updates stay buried in Trello while learners check Canvas for guidance.
- Keeps learners informed in one place
- Summarizes noisy activity
- Preserves a useful project trail
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Trello and Canvas once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation that explains which activity should become a discussion entry.
- 3Pick Trello New Activity Trigger.
- 4Select the report channel and test with one real activity event.
Questions about this workflow
Will every activity item be posted?
Tell Notis to include only activity that meets your stated relevance rule.
Can Notis summarize several events together?
Yes, ask it to combine related activity into one concise entry.
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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.
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.
Card Archived Trigger
Triggered when a card is archived in the specified board
Create an assignment
Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.
New Activity Trigger
Triggered when there is activity in Trello.
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 Board Trigger
Triggered when a board is created in the specified workspace
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.
New Card Trigger
Triggered when a card is created in the specified board
Create communication channel
Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.
Card Updated Trigger
Triggered when a specific card is updated
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.
Trello and Canvas, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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