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Automated student progress reports from LMS to parents

Started by a clock, and works across Gmail and Google Sheets. 9 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

9 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 3Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Weekly Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Get Students ListGoogle SheetsService
  3. 3Split Students for ProcessingSplit In BatchesLogic
  4. 4Fetch LMS Academic DataHttp RequestService
  5. 5Process Academic DataCodeLogic
  6. 6Generate HTML ReportCodeLogic
  7. 7Send Email to ParentsGmailService
  8. 8Log Report DeliveryGoogle SheetsService
  9. 9Send Admin SummaryGmailService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
9, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail and Google Sheets accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 9 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 9 steps before you point it at anything that matters.