Capture event details shared in a course topic
Turn a linked public event page into structured details you can review from the automation report.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Action
Diffbot Get Event
Tool to extract event details from web pages. use when you need structured event data such as venue, date, and description.
Why this helps
Event details shared in a new topic can be easy to overlook among other course updates.
- Surfaces event date, venue, and description from a public event page.
- Connects a new course topic to its linked event details.
- Makes event information easier to scan from the run report.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Diffbot once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to find a public event page URL in the topic context and extract its event details.
- 4Choose New Canvas Discussion Topic as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real topic that includes a publicly accessible event page URL.
Questions about this workflow
Will it infer an event from topic text alone?
This workflow uses Diffbot's event extraction action for a web page URL. Include a public event page link in the topic context.
Which details can it return?
The action is designed to extract details such as venue, date, and description when those are available on the page.
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