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Title: Gracewell Automated Registration Tracker Suite

version: 1.0
tags: [education, automation, google-sheets, gmail, dashboard, form-tracking, workflow-suite]

category: Academic Automation


Description:

  • Automate the real-time tracking of Google Form submissions using Google Sheets and n8n.
  • This 3-workflow suite includes a live dashboard with submission statistics and two companion workflows
  • To send acknowledgement and reminder emails to students — all seamlessly connected through n8n webhooks.

🚀 Gracewell Automated Registration Tracker Suite

A fully automated, real-time monitoring system for student form submissions — built with Google Sheets, Gmail, and n8n.
The suite provides a live dashboard, auto-generated summary analytics, and instant messaging (email or WhatsApp) capabilities.


🧩 Workflow Suite Overview

Workflow Purpose Webhook Output
1️⃣ Live Dashboard Displays summary of submissions and includes trigger buttons /live-tracking HTML Dashboard
2️⃣ Send Acknowledgements Sends thank-you emails to completed respondents /send-acknowledgements HTML Confirmation Page
3️⃣ Send Reminders Sends personalized reminders to pending students /send-reminders HTML Confirmation Page

🧠 Who Is This For

  • Educators managing student registration or feedback
  • Department coordinators tracking submission completion
  • EdTech and training institutions handling digital enrolments
  • Universities automating exam registration or attendance forms

⚙️ Problem It Solves

Manual form tracking is slow, repetitive, and prone to error.
This workflow suite provides:
✅ Automated reconciliation of student vs. response data
✅ Instant calculation of pending and completed submissions
✅ One-click acknowledgement and reminder dispatch
✅ Web-based dashboard with summary visualization


📊 Workflow 1: Live Tracking Dashboard

Steps

  1. Google Sheets – Student List → Reads master student sheet
  2. Google Sheets – Form Responses → Reads live form entries
  3. Code Node → Compares Register Nos. and generates HTML dashboard
  4. Respond to Webhook → Displays HTML with summary and control buttons

Output

A clean web dashboard showing:

  • Total, Submitted, Pending, Completion %
  • ✅ Completed list and ⚠️ Pending list
  • Two buttons:
    • Send Acknowledgements
    • Send Reminders

💌 Workflow 2: Send Acknowledgements

Steps

  1. Webhook Trigger/send-acknowledgements
  2. Google Sheets – Student List & Form Responses
  3. Merge Node → Combines matching rows
  4. Code Node → Generates personalized thank-you emails
  5. Gmail Node → Sends messages
  6. Respond Node → Displays confirmation message

Email Template

Subject: ✅ Thank You for Your Submission
Body:
Dear {{name}},
Thank you for completing your form (Reg No: {{reg}}).
We appreciate your prompt response.
– Gracewell


⚠️ Workflow 3: Send Reminders

Steps

  1. Webhook Trigger/send-reminders
  2. Google Sheets – Student List & Form Responses
  3. Merge Node → Aligns both data sets
  4. Code Node → Identifies pending students
  5. Gmail Node → Sends customized reminder
  6. Respond Node → Confirms completion

Email Template

Subject: ⚠️ Reminder: Please Complete Your Form
Body:
Dear {{name}},
You haven’t yet completed your form (Reg No: {{reg}}).
Please complete it at the earliest.
– Gracewell


🛠️ Setup Instructions

Step 1 – Connect Accounts

  • Connect Google Sheets (OAuth2)
  • Connect Gmail for sending messages

Step 2 – Prepare Sheets

  • Student List Sheet:
    Columns → Register No., Student Name, Contact, Email
  • Form Response Sheet:
    Columns → Timestamp, Reg No, Email Address

Step 3 – Deploy URLs

Workflow Webhook Endpoint
Dashboard /live-tracking
Acknowledgements /send-acknowledgements
Reminders /send-reminders

🎨 Optional Customizations

  • Add institution name/logo to dashboard HTML
  • Include charts (Chart.js) for submission visualization
  • Auto-refresh every 60 seconds
  • Integrate WhatsApp messaging via Twilio or Gupshup
  • Log emails into a “Mail Logs” sheet

🧩 Version Summary

Workflow Version Description
Live Dashboard v3 Interactive HTML dashboard with controls
Send Acknowledgements v1 Personalized thank-you email sender
Send Reminders v1 Automated reminder email sender

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✨ Credits

Developed by Dr. J. Jeffin Gracewell
Empowering education through intelligent automation 💡


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