Catch outdated email addresses in course announcements
A periodic check can surface contact details that deserve a second look before students rely on them.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Course Announcements Access
Retrieves announcements for a course.
Why this helps
Old announcements can keep circulating with addresses that no longer work.
- Finds email addresses in retrieved announcement content
- Highlights validation results for manual review
- Reduces the chance of relying on stale contact details
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Abstract and Blackboard once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis in plain language from any channel.
- 3Ask Notis to retrieve announcements for the specified course, validate any email addresses found with Abstract, and report results without changing course content.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real course and review the report.
Questions about this workflow
Will this edit the announcements?
No. This workflow retrieves announcements and reports validation results. It does not change or delete course content.
Can it check every course?
Specify the courses to review in the instruction. The workflow should only assess content returned by Blackboard.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Abstract to Blackboard. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Abstract triggers
Blackboard actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Course Announcements Access
Retrieves announcements for a course.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get course announcement by id
Retrieves a specific announcement from a course.
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Updates the relationship between a parent course and its child course.
Upload file to attempt in gradebook
Attaches an uploaded file to an attempt in a course gradebook.
Get oauth2 authorization code
Starts an OAuth authorization process.
Get user gradebook for course
Retrieves a user’s gradebook information for a course.
Copy course with specific options
Copies a course with selected course elements.
Copy course by courseid
Copies course content and settings to another course.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Abstract and Blackboard, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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