Keep course activities visible with Telegram reminders
Set a recurring nudge for the course activities you choose, with details supplied to Notis from Blackboard.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Send Message
Send a text message to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
Course activities can slip off the radar when their details are tucked away in a separate learning platform.
- Put a selected course activity in front of the chat at a chosen time.
- Avoid rewriting the same reminder by hand.
- Keep the reminder grounded in details supplied for the run.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Blackboard and Telegram once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to send a concise reminder about the course activity details you provide.
- 4Choose notis_cron as the trigger, set the schedule, and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real course activity and confirm the reminder timing.
Questions about this workflow
Will Notis discover deadlines in Blackboard?
No Blackboard trigger events or deadline fields are listed here. Provide the activity details Notis should use.
Can I schedule the reminder for a specific time?
Choose a recurring schedule when setting the notis_cron trigger. The reminder content should include the details you provide.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Blackboard to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Blackboard triggers
Telegram actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Answer Callback Query
Use this method to send answers to callback queries sent from inline keyboards. the answer will be displayed to the user as a notification at the top of the chat screen or as an alert.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
Export Chat Invite Link
Generate a new primary invite link for a chat; any previously generated primary link is revoked. the bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
Get Chat Info
Get up to date information about the chat (current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or channel, etc.).
Get Chat Administrators
Get a list of administrators in a chat. on success, returns an array of chatmember objects that contains information about all chat administrators except other bots.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Blackboard and Telegram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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