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that sends an email notification to any student who has not visited your course in the last seven days.

Click the blue New button to create a new agent.

Add a NameDescription is optional, and not visible to students

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Under Role in Classlist, it's best to choose "Users with specific roles" and then checkbox Student, if you have anyone else in the class who may not visit frequent (such as a colleague)

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Check the box next to Course Activity.  Then add a number in the blank for User has not accessed the course in the last ___________ days.

Do not use Login Activity feature. This would not work if students logged into D2L, but did not visit your course.

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Under Send an Email, check the box to activate.

In the To: box, add the replacement string for students who might trigger the agent.  You can find (and copy/paste) the code by clicking What special email addresses can I use?

If you'd like a copy of emails going to students from this agent, add your own email address in the Cc: box.  


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For the Subject and Message, you can use replacement strings to automate installation of things like the recipient student's first name, and the course name.  (This is similar to "mail-merging" in MS Word.) 

You can find the appropriate replacement strings for use in the subject and message by clicking What replace strings can I use in the subject and message? 

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Scroll down and check Use Schedule.  Then, click Update Schedule.  

Here, you can indicate to D2L that you want this agent to run each day.  Choose Daily under Repeats and add 1 under Repeats Every.

Then, in Schedule Dates, add the course start/end dates you have under Course Offering Information (also on the Edit Course screen.)

Click Save and Close, and your Agent is ready to use.

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Customize Reply-To so Students Can Reply to Your Notification Emails

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00:00 Introduction

00:52 Managing Agents on the Agent List Screen

02:59 Creating an Intelligent Agent

03:32 Criteria - Specifying Initiating Users

04:03 Criteria - Student Visits to the Class Space

04:48 Actions - Create Notification Email Template

08:31 Scheduling the Agent (Automatic)

13:06 Change the Reply-To Option

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