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Scheduling and reminder systems for activities

Purpose

1.1. Automate scheduling for classes, nutritional/health check-ups, events, and reminders for Anganwadi children, parents, and staff.
1.2. Ensure timely notifications of sessions (learning, physical activities), attendance, immunizations, and parent meetings.
1.3. Standardize and digitalize reminders for sanitary checks, meal distribution, staff duties, enrollments, and assessment deadlines.
1.4. Centralize event calendar updates, avoiding manual errors and ensuring all stakeholders receive relevant reminders.
1.5. Support compliance audits by maintaining verifiable logs of activities and reminders sent/received.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New activity/event/class scheduled in management system.
2.2. Upcoming deadlines for nutrition, health check-ups, or immunizations.
2.3. Attendance falling below threshold.
2.4. Staff or parents submit absence or leave requests.
2.5. Government mandates or local authority directives issued.
2.6. Scheduled time intervals for daily, weekly, or monthly reminders.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: SMS Reminders — Use Twilio REST API; Configure /Messages endpoint to send reminders when event time is near.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Transactional Emails — Configure /mail/send endpoint; trigger bulk reminders to parents for events and assessments.
3.3. Google Calendar
• Feature/Setting: Calendar API — Use /events/insert to auto-create events; configure notifications via settings.
3.4. Microsoft Outlook
• Feature/Setting: Graph API; use /me/events to schedule and update recurring center activities with reminders.
3.5. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Message Templates; configure /messages endpoint to send scheduled notifications to parent groups.
3.6. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Messages — Use chat.scheduleMessage API to alert staff for duties or meetings.
3.7. Telegram
• Feature/Setting: Bot API — set up /sendMessage and cron jobs for automated push notifications.
3.8. Facebook Messenger
• Feature/Setting: Automated Chatbots; configure /messages webhook for event-driven reminders.
3.9. Zoho CRM
• Feature/Setting: Workflow Rules — configure Send Notification action for events tied to calendar entries.
3.10. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Process Builder — schedule reminders using Process Builder automation on relevant objects.
3.11. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflows — create event-based workflows to send emails/SMS via integrations.
3.12. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: Automated Campaigns — trigger reminder emails using API or workflow triggers based on dates.
3.13. JioMeet
• Feature/Setting: Schedule API — automatically set up virtual meetings with reminders sent to invitees.
3.14. Zoom
• Feature/Setting: Meetings API — auto-schedule classes/check-ups and send out invitations with reminders.
3.15. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Apps Script Scheduled Triggers — set up time-driven triggers for reminders derived from sheet data.
3.16. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automations — configure scheduled automation to email, SMS, or in-app notify records.
3.17. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Schedule API via Microsoft Graph — send meeting/event reminders to specific channels or individuals.
3.18. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Zap — connect Anganwadi scheduling form to multi-channel reminders using built-in schedule triggers.
3.19. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Automations — create time-triggered reminders for pending parent queries or cases.
3.20. ClickSend
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled SMS — use POST /v3/sms/send for reminders at designated intervals.
3.21. Koo App
• Feature/Setting: API or integration for posting scheduled reminders to targeted parent communities.
3.22. MoEngage
• Feature/Setting: Push Notification Campaigns — schedule outreach for upcoming activities or health drives.

Benefits

4.1. Reduces manual scheduling burden, eliminates missed tasks.
4.2. Improves parent engagement and timely participation in childcare programs.
4.3. Increases staff accountability and supports adherence to compliance timelines.
4.4. Enables efficient multi-channel communication and activity documentation.
4.5. Scalable: can expand to SMS, email, push, and in-app notifications as required.

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