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In your D2L Course, you can have automated emails sent to you, to students, or someone else based on certain conditions or triggering events. This is done through a process you can program, called an Intelligent Agent. When run, an Intelligent Agent asks whether a condition has been met, and if it has been met, sends an email in accordance with your programmed directions. The condition can include whether a student has done something or a student hasn’t done something after a period of time.

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 Name. Description is optional, and not visible to students	Image Modified
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)	Image Modified
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.	Image Modified
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.	Image Modified
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?	Image Modified
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.	Image Modified