Course Communication & Student EngagementPurpose
1.2. Ensures students are aware of due dates via automated, multi-channel notification workflows.
1.3. Frees educator time from repetitive deadline communication, enabling focus on teaching and personalized feedback.
1.4. Integrates scheduled reminders into existing class management systems for consistent automating of engagement.
1.5. Encourages assignment planning discipline by automating structured course communication intervals.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Calendar date approaches within a predefined period (e.g., 72, 48, 24 hours prior).
2.3. Manual educator input to automate immediate, ad-hoc reminders.
2.4. Student-specific flags (e.g., repeated late submissions) to automate targeted reminders.
2.5. Course module progress; automate reminders if students haven’t completed prior required steps.
Platform Variants
3.1. Google Classroom
• Feature/Setting: Use Classroom API push notifications; configure automated assignment reminders using watch and coursework endpoints.
3.2. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Automate scheduled messaging via Teams Graph API to channels or chats for assignment alerts.
3.3. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Automate SMS reminders through Programmable SMS API; set up scheduled POST requests for reminder delivery.
3.4. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Automate deadline reminders via chat.postMessage API; schedule messages to student channels.
3.5. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Configure Marketing Campaign API or Transactional Mail API; automate batch email reminders before deadlines.
3.6. Zoom
• Feature/Setting: Use Meeting/Webinar API webhook triggers to automate in-meeting pop-up reminders or email follow-ups.
3.7. Canvas LMS
• Feature/Setting: Automate calendar event and to-do creation through Canvas API for assignment deadline automation.
3.8. Moodle
• Feature/Setting: Use core_calendar API or messaging API to automate deadline notifications.
3.9. Outlook Mail
• Feature/Setting: Automate reminder emails using Microsoft Graph Mail Send API with event/due-date logic.
3.10. Gmail
• Feature/Setting: Use Gmail API for automated scheduled email reminders linked to assignment timelines.
3.11. Facebook Messenger
• Feature/Setting: Automate direct deadline messages via Messenger Send API integrating student contacts.
3.12. WhatsApp Business
• Feature/Setting: Automate personalized messages using WhatsApp Cloud API for pre-due-date reminders.
3.13. Airship
• Feature/Setting: Automate push notifications via Airship’s Push API for timely deadline alerts on mobile.
3.14. Pushover
• Feature/Setting: Use Message API to automate real-time push notifications for critical deadlines.
3.15. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: Automate email campaigns using Campaigns API for assignment notification groups.
3.16. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Automate bot messages in student servers/channels using Discord API for reminders.
3.17. Telegram
• Feature/Setting: Automate bot pushes via Telegram Bot API to deliver assignment deadline notifications.
3.18. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Use Task API to automate task due-date reminders for student assignment items.
3.19. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Automate card due-date notification through Trello Webhook and Actions API.
3.20. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Automate student email or SMS reminders via Marketing Cloud API based on assignment data.
Benefits
4.2. Reduces manual follow-up for instructors via automation, optimizing workflow in Arts Education.
4.3. Delivers multi-channel, automated notifications adapting to various student preferences.
4.4. Ensures scalable, replicable automating of course-critical communications for growing class sizes.
4.5. Enhances student satisfaction and engagement using consistent, automatable communication processes.