Step 4: Schedule and Launch Your Agent
This assignment measures Module Objective 8.4, which supports Course Competencies 1 and 5.
Objectives
- 8.4 Justify your agent’s goal, rules and delivery choice in a recorded presentation, using two scheduled outputs as evidence. (Course Competency 1)
Overview
An agent you have to remember to run is a chore. An agent that runs on its own and shows up where you already look is a habit. In this step you choose how your results reach you, put the agent on a schedule, and present it.
Choose how results reach you
| Option | How it works | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| A. Scheduled digest | A Gemini scheduled action runs your skill on the days you choose. The results arrive as a new message in Gemini and a notification on your phone. Gemini does not send email; the phone notification takes its place. | Job search and freelance agents, where new results matter quickly |
| B. Web page | You run the agent, then ask Gemini Canvas to turn the results into a one-page dashboard you can bookmark or publish to Google Sites. Rerun it on your schedule to refresh the page. | Exploration, professional development and business agents, where a page you browse works better than a message |
Instructions
- Choose option A or B and write two sentences on why it fits your goal.
- Option A: in the Gemini app, start a chat that uses your skill, then ask Gemini to schedule it (for example, “Run this every Monday at 7 a.m.”). Confirm it in Settings under Scheduled actions. See Google’s help page on scheduled actions. Turn on Gemini notifications on your phone. You can have up to ten scheduled actions at a time. If scheduled actions are not on your account yet, set a repeating Google Calendar reminder for the same days and run the skill when it fires.
- Option B: run your skill, then ask Gemini to “Turn these results into a one-page dashboard in Canvas, using my report format.” Publish or share the page, and set a repeating Google Calendar reminder to rerun and refresh it.
- Let the agent run at least twice on schedule before the deadline. Keep both outputs.
- Record a three-minute OBS presentation: your goal, your plan, one rule you changed in testing and why, and one scheduled output. End with what you will change next.
Accessibility
Caption your video. After it uploads, open YouTube Studio, choose Subtitles, and let YouTube create automatic captions (or run Speech to Text in Premiere Pro before you export). Then read every line and correct names, software terms and timing by hand. Automatic captions alone do not meet the requirement. Add alt text to every screenshot you post in Discord. If you choose Option B, run the published page through the WAVE accessibility checker and fix every error it reports.
Submission
Submit the video link, screenshots of the schedule and both scheduled outputs (or the page link and both versions), and your final instructions Doc. Post the video to Discord the day before the deadline and comment on three classmates’ agents.
Grading (30 points)
| Criterion | Points |
|---|---|
| The agent runs on a schedule, with two outputs as evidence (Objective 8.4, Competency 1) | 7 |
| Outputs follow the agent’s own rules, report format and ranking (Objective 8.4, Competency 5) | 7 |
| The delivery choice fits the goal, and the reason is explained (Objective 8.4, Competency 1) | 4 |
| Presentation explains the goal, plan, a tested change and the next change (Objective 8.4) | 6 |
| Three critique comments on classmates’ agents | 3 |
| Accessibility: corrected captions on the video, alt text on screenshots, and a WAVE check on any published page | 3 |
Due
All times are Arizona time.
- Post to Discord for critique: Saturday, May 8, 12:00 p.m.
- Due in Canvas (work plus three critique comments): Sunday, May 9, 12:00 p.m.
- Hard close: Monday, May 10, 12:00 p.m. Work submitted after the deadline and before the hard close loses 10%. Nothing is accepted after the hard close.