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Be advised

We have no plans for any new additional email merge fields at this time. More complex use cases should be handled using the Paradigm reporting engine by generating and attaching a file to the email communication event.

Merge Fields Within Communication Templates

Brief Overview

{email_from}

This is the email address of the sender

{email_from_first_name}

This is the first name of sender (blank if the sender is a provider)

{email_from_last_name}

This is the last name of sender (blank if the sender is a provider)

{url_read_tracker}

This is a 1 pixel image that, when added to an email, will upon opening of the email by the receiver will mark the email as open within the system

{email_first_name}

Student / Receiver's first name

{email_last_name}

Student / Receiver's last name

{email_subject}

The communication event/email subject


Field Name

Brief Overview

Category

  • Template

  • Student

  • Academic

  • General

Data Resource Name

The template name as determined by the institution or the staff member who created it

Data Resource number

System allocated reference number allocated to each template

Purpose

  • Email Template

  • Transition Template

  • Commitment Template

  • Assessments

Status

  • Deactivate

  • Deleted

  • Final Draft

  • Initial Draft

  • In Progress

  • Published

  • Revised Draft

Workflow

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title1. How to Search for Communication Module Template

  1. Click on the Provider tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the the Search Content option in the side menu

  3. Enter search criteria either in the Data resource name, Purpose or Category

  4. Click on the Search Data Resource button

  5. This will return a list of Data Resources / templates that meet the searched criteria

  6. To filter the returned options in the search box above the returned results, start typing the template name. This will reduce the number of results. 

  7. Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.

  8. The Template has now been loaded in the editor

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title2. How to Add / Create an Email Template

  1. Click on the Provider tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Add Content option in the side menu

  3. Select the Purpose from the Drop box

  4. Select the Category from the Drop box

  5. Enter the name of the template into the Data Resource Name field

  6. Using the Merge Fields from the table above create the template in the Data field. This is the main body of the email template.

  7. Select the Status of the template from the drop box

  8. Select the minimum permission level required to use this template from the drop box

  9. Name the template in the template name field

  10. Click on the Save Data Resource button

Info

Note

A user You may make ad-hoc changes to an email template via the Communication Module prior to sending the email without changing the original email template (e.g. updating a semester number or year)

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title2. Enrolment Period (without attachment)

Below is an example of an email body template for notifying students when online unit enrolment will open for an upcoming time period. 

Paradigm email configuration

Code Block
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Attn: {email_first_name} {email_last_name}


Enrolment for Semester 2, 2019 will open on Monday the 2nd of June 2019 and will close on Friday the 14th of July 2019.
Please ensure that you have your username and password to login to the system and that you have discussed your subject selection with your adviser prior to this time. 


Evening classes during semester 2 will be conducted in the Roddenberry building while the Picard building is being refurbished.


If you have an issues please contact Student Services.

Star Fleet Academy
Student Services



NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information intended for the use only of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in relation to it. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender at the above address.

Example of email received via Google Gmail 

Further reading

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How to Send a Communication Event Email

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