How do I send an Email message?

Go to Email.

Select the Email tool from the Tool Menu of your site.

Choose the message recipients.

 

  1. Select All to send the email to all site participants.
  2. Select Roles, Sections, or Groups to select recipients more granularly.

Choose recipients by role.

Select a role. In the example, Student is utilized.

  1. To choose recipients by role, first select Role.
  2. Check the box to set all participants with the role as recipients.
  3. Click the role to open a list of specific participants for selection as recipients.

Check the boxes of those that you wish to be recipients.

Choose recipients by section.

  1. Select Sections.
  2. Check the box to set all participants within the section as recipients.
  3. Click the section name to open a list of specific participants for selection as recipients.

Check the boxes of those that you wish to be recipients.

Choose recipients by group.

  1. Select Groups.
  2. Check the box to set all participants within the group or groups as recipients.
  3. Click the group name to open a list of specific participants for selection as recipients.

Check the boxes of those that you wish to be recipients.

Include users that are not enrolled in the course.

To add recipient email addresses that are not part of the site, click Add Other Recipients.

Add recipient email addresses to the Other Recipients field. Separate the email addresses with commas or semicolons.

Enter a subject line.

Enter your email subject in the Subject field.

Add an attachment. (Optional)

Click Attach a file to browse for and attach a file from your device as part of the email.

Enter the message body text.

Use the Rich Text Editor to compose your message.

Select to receive a copy. (Optional)

If you would like to be copied on the email message, click the box next to Send me a copy.

Select to add to Email Archive. (Optional)

If you would like the email message to be added to the course Email Archive, activate the Add to Email Archive, visible to all site participants checkbox.

Note: This option only appears if the Email Archive tool is active in your site

Append list of recipients. (Optional)

If you would like recipients to see the users copied on the message, select this option to include the recipient list in the message.

Click Send Mail.