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Check Canvas assignment details after Trello updates

See the current Canvas state whenever planning changes deserve a quick check.

Trigger

Card Updated Trigger

Triggered when a specific card is updated

Action

Get assignment

Retrieves detailed information for a specific assignment within a given course in canvas.

Why this helps

Teams lose time opening several systems to verify whether a change carried through.

  • Provides quick state visibility
  • Flags mismatched details
  • Supports deliberate follow-up

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Trello and Canvas once in Notis.
  • 2Create an automation asking Notis to fetch the linked assignment and summarize differences.
  • 3Pick Trello Card Updated Trigger.
  • 4Choose a report channel and test with one real update.

Questions about this workflow

Does this workflow edit Canvas?

No, it retrieves the assignment so you can review the result or trigger a separate edit workflow.

What if the assignment link is missing?

Ask Notis to report the missing identifier instead of guessing.

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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.

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.

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