Make course review time easier to remember
Set a recurring nudge to check the Blackboard courses that need your attention.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create a reminder
Creates a slack reminder with specified text and time; time accepts unix timestamps, seconds from now, or natural language (e.g., 'in 15 minutes', 'every thursday at 2pm').
Why this helps
Regular course reviews are easy to defer when they compete with day-to-day work.
- Put a recurring course review on your Slack reminder list.
- Choose reminder wording and timing in plain language.
- Create a reliable prompt for checking course engagement.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Blackboard and Slack once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to create a Slack reminder for the Blackboard course review and specify its wording and timing.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real scheduled reminder example.
Questions about this workflow
Does this reminder include live Blackboard activity?
The workflow creates a reminder based on your instruction. It does not claim to attach live activity data unless that data is supplied to the run.
Can I choose when it recurs?
Yes. Set the Notis schedule and describe the reminder timing you want in the instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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