Can I add a 30-day reminder too?

Yes — add 30 to the array of day-thresholds in the Code node.

Can this pull from my LMS instead of Sheets?

If your LMS has an API or can export to Sheets on a schedule, yes — otherwise keep a Sheets bridge updated manually or via Zapier/n8n sync.

EducationStructurally Validated

Course Reminder Sequence

A daily check scans your course schedule and sends students a reminder email one week and one day before their course begins, cutting first-day no-shows without any manual tracking.

Automation flow

Step 1

Daily Trigger

Runs every morning at 8am.

Step 2

Read Course Schedule

Pulls all enrolled students and course start dates.

Step 3

Determine Reminder Stage

Flags rows hitting the 7-day or 1-day mark.

Step 4

Send Reminder Email

Student gets a stage-appropriate reminder.

Step 5

Instructor Digest

Slack summary of reminders sent.

How it works

1Every morning, the full schedule is read.
2Rows where the course starts in exactly 7 or 1 day are flagged.
3Each matching student gets a reminder email tailored to that stage.
4The instructor gets a Slack digest confirming which reminders went out.

Services used

Google SheetsGmailSlack

What you'll need

An n8n Cloud or self-hosted account
A Google account (Sheets)
A Slack workspace (optional)

What's included

Two-stage reminder cadence built in
No-code setup in 15 minutes
Works alongside the Student Enrollment Welcome template
Easy to add more reminder stages

Estimate what this could save you

Times per week

Minutes each time

Your hourly value ($)

3.6 hours/month

≈ $108/month in your time

A rough estimate based on what you enter above — not a guarantee. Actual time saved depends on your process.

Make it yours

Add a 30-day reminder stage for longer cohort-based courses.
Pull Student Email and Start Date automatically from student-enrollment-welcome's Students sheet instead of a separate schedule sheet.
Attach a pre-course checklist link in the 1-day reminder email.

Works well with this automation

Assignment Deadline Digest

One daily email and Slack digest of everything due in the next 3 days — not per-item spam.

$15

Student Enrollment Welcome

New enrollment form submission → instant roster row, welcome email, and instructor Slack ping.

$15

Waitlist to Enrolled Automation

A seat opens up → the longest-waiting student on that course's waitlist is auto-notified.

$19

Save with the complete system: Nonprofit & Education Bundle

Instead of buying separately: $151 — System: $69

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Questions about this template

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Structurally validated: automatically checked for valid n8n format before every deploy.

Difficulty: Easy
Setup time: ~15 min
Integrations: 3
Node count: 5
Format: .json + guide