Purpose
1.2. Automate tracking practitioner participation, capturing consent, automating resource sharing, monitoring attendee lists, and integrating session results with student records.
1.3. Automate communication loops between faculty, practitioners, students, and administration to minimize human intervention and error.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. A faculty member requests a guest lecture/external session via form/API.
2.3. Confirmed availability received from practitioner.
2.4. Session date approaching for automated reminders.
2.5. Session completion triggers feedback and documentation tasks.
Platform Variants
• Calendar API: Automate event creation, invite guest emails, send session updates.
3.2. Google Calendar
• Events/Meetings API: Automate session scheduling, confirmations, automatedly update attendee list.
3.3. Zoom
• Meetings API: Automate meeting creation, distribute links, attendance monitoring via API.
3.4. Webex
• Sessions API: Automate room booking, calendar sync, automated guest invites.
3.5. Slack
• Workflow Builder: Automate team notifications, session channel creation, real-time Q&A.
3.6. Teams
• Graph API: Automate appointment invites, automated reminders, message broadcasting to attendees.
3.7. Twilio SMS
• Messaging API: Automate SMS session confirmations, reminders to practitioners.
3.8. SendGrid
• Email API: Automate guest lecture invitations, confirmation emails, and feedback requests.
3.9. Airtable
• Automations: Automatically log sessions, automate feedback form links to attendees.
3.10. Salesforce
• Events/Task API: Automate practitioner CRM updates, log engagement and notes.
3.11. HubSpot
• Engagements API: Automate session scheduling, automate follow-up task creation.
3.12. Calendly
• Scheduling API: Automate practitioner self-scheduling, sync with master calendar.
3.13. Docusign
• eSignature API: Automate consent form distribution, collect digital signatures from external guests.
3.14. Typeform
• Responses API: Automate pre-session intake questions, post-session feedback collection.
3.15. Google Drive
• File API: Automate document/resource sharing, automate the organization of session materials.
3.16. Dropbox
• Sharing API: Automate session resource distribution to registered attendees.
3.17. Trello
• Cards/Boards API: Automate session workflow tracking, guest status updates, resource checklists.
3.18. Asana
• Project API: Automate coordination tasks for faculty and automated session status updates.
3.19. Notion
• Database API: Automate guest lecture log management, automate internal session reports.
3.20. Monday.com
• Automations: Automated task triggering, status updates, automated reminders.
3.21. SurveyMonkey
• Webhooks: Automate post-session survey distribution and response aggregation.
3.22. Zapier
• Automation Platform: Automate cross-tool workflows for session announcements, reminders, feedback.
3.23. Formstack
• Forms API: Automate intake forms for practitioner applications and automated document handling.
3.24. DocuWare
• Document Management API: Automate session document collection/storage and compliant archiving.
3.25. Outlook Power Automate
• Automated Flows: Automate calendar sync, session notifications, and update logs.
Benefits
4.2. Automates resource/document handling for efficient information sharing.
4.3. Automates reminders, confirmations, and feedback for increased session attendance.
4.4. Automated tracking decentralizes coordination, reducing faculty workload.
4.5. Automation improves practitioner engagement and streamlines compliance.
4.6. End-to-end automation provides traceability, audit trails, and data centralization.
4.7. Automation enhances readiness for accreditation with complete, automated records.
4.8. Automator processes reduce operational delays and errors in guest lecturer management.
4.9. Automatable touchpoints minimize manual effort and maximize scalability.
4.10. Automatedly integrates outputs into student learning management and reporting systems.