This automation can be configured directly from the board's Automation section. Follow the steps below to complete the setup and ensure the automation runs as expected:

  1. Open the board that contains your courses

  2. Open the Automations dashboard and click on Create automation

  3. Choose the trigger "When status changes to something"

  4. Select the Status column and choose Published

  5. Add the action "Add assignee"

  6. Choose the specific users or teams that you want to assign and select the Assigned column that you want to populate

  7. Create the automation

Example:

You can assign the course's creator automatically by choosing the Assign item creator action instead.