With a lot a self-paces course work, is there a way to trigger an email when a student completes the course to the correct teacher?
Hi @ShawnHuff ,
I'm a CSM, part of the EMEA team. I came across such a similar request before but Canvas doesn’t have a built in “email when a student completes a course” feature, but there are several ways institutions have set this up.
Approaches that work well:
Module Requirements & Prerequisites – Many institutions make the last step of a course a “completion activity” (like a required short quiz or survey) and set it as the final requirement in the last module. Once that’s submitted, the teacher can be notified and its an easier way to filter out students who have completed the whole requirements and course.How do I add prerequisites to a module? How do I add requirements to a module?
API – Some institutions use this to detect when all module requirements are met and automatically send an email to the correct teacher. This option does require technical setup and would depend on the inhouse resources you have. Canvas has an open API which is great for integrations or getting data.Welcome to the Canvas LMS API DocumentationThis also was discussed in discussion regarding notifications on completion as mentioned by @james_whalley.
Cheers,
Jay
@ShawnHuff It looks like there was a discussion regarding notifications on completion a couple of years ago. Do I understand correctly that you want different instructors to be notified based on which students complete the course? I do not believe there is a direct way to do this. It might be possible by using code, the API, and some sort of database, but it is not part of Canvas' current functionality.
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