Course and Curriculum AdministrationPurpose
1.2. Automating the update distribution ensures timely dissemination, reduces manual outreach, and promotes real-time schedule awareness.
1.3. Automatedly centralizes schedule information for all stakeholders, supporting compliance and operational continuity.
1.4. Prevents miscommunications and reduces administrative workload by establishing automated, trackable alert workflows.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Room or professor assignment changes detected in scheduling software.
2.3. Emergency closure note posted by administration.
2.4. Automates response when status flags (e.g., “canceled”, “postponed”) toggle in course databases.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Use Messages API “Send Message” to automate individualized SMS class change alerts.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Configure “Transactional Email API” for automating email announcements regarding class cancellations.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Use “chat.postMessage” API to automate posting notifications to faculty/student channels.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Automate “Create Channel Message” in Teams bot for real-time faculty notifications.
3.5. Google Chat
• Feature/Setting: Automate “spaces.messages.create” to send automated group notifications about class changes.
3.6. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Configure bot to automate “send message” for student server announcements.
3.7. Zoom
• Feature/Setting: Use “Webinar Update Event” API to automate notifications when class-related webinars are modified/canceled.
3.8. Outlook
• Feature/Setting: Automate “Send Event Update” in Outlook Calendar API for schedule change emails.
3.9. Gmail
• Feature/Setting: Use “Users.messages.send” API for automated email alerts to student mailing lists.
3.10. Google Calendar
• Feature/Setting: Automate “Events Patch” API to update and notify invitees about scheduled changes.
3.11. WhatsApp
• Feature/Setting: Use “Business API – Send Message” for automating direct student or teacher WhatsApp alerts.
3.12. Facebook Messenger
• Feature/Setting: Automate “Send API” for real-time Messenger notifications of curriculum changes.
3.13. Telegram
• Feature/Setting: Use “sendMessage” in Bot API to automate group or private announcements.
3.14. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automate cross-platform alert propagation using “Webhooks” and multi-app triggers for class notifications.
3.15. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Automated “Workflow Rules” to send internal or external alerts on curriculum updates.
3.16. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Automate “Workflows” to trigger notification workflows on schedule updates.
3.17. ClickSend
• Feature/Setting: Use “SMS API” to automate bulk text alerts to course attendees.
3.18. Pushover
• Feature/Setting: Automate push notification delivery with “Messages API” for instant schedule updates.
3.19. Aircall
• Feature/Setting: Trigger automated voice call alerts with “Call Actions API” on last-minute class cancellations.
3.20. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Initiate “Automations – Ticket Dispatch” for generating support tickets on schedule issues.
3.21. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Automate incident notifications via “Events API” for emergency class or facility cancellations.
3.22. SMSGlobal
• Feature/Setting: Automate alerts to phonebook contacts using “SMS API” for urgent class notifications.
Benefits
4.2. Reduces manual workload of staff, automating repetitive notifications and increasing administrative efficiency.
4.3. Automation guarantees consistency, auditability, and compliance in mandatory curriculum updates.
4.4. Automator reduces risk of miscommunication due to automating direct, personalized message delivery.
4.5. Supports automatable escalation options in the event of large-scale facility disruptions or emergencies.