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 date arrives"

  4. Click on When to customize the reminder time (For example, 5 days before the due date)
  5. Click on date to select the Due date column 
  6. Add the action "Notify someone"
  7. Click on notify to customize the notification message with fields from your board

  8. Click on someone, select Item's assigned to remind all course assignees

  9. Create the automation

Example:

Assignment reminders will be sent to all course assignees, even those who have completed the course.

You can create multiple automations and set different numbers of days for reminders to be sent on different days.