From the course menu, select Tools > Send Email. On the Select Users or Select Groups page, select the recipients in the Available to Select box and select the right-pointing arrow to move them into the Selected box. Use the left arrow to move a user out of the recipient list.
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You can send an email copy of a course message. Students might see, read, and act on important announcements and course messages when they receive a copy in their inboxes. Email copies are only delivered if recipients have valid email addresses in their Blackboard Learn profiles.
With the course email tool, you can send messages from your course to course members' external email accounts without the need to switch to your email provider, such as Gmail or Yahoo. You can send emails to individual users or to groups of users. Email is a send-only tool. You don't receive emails in Blackboard Learn.
Sending either an email or a message to your students through Blackboard is an effective way to communicate to your users. However, there are important differences between the two methods. Sending an Email allows a user to send an email message to the class, to groups, or to individual users.
A blank subject line blank can prevent the message from being delivered. Find the email tool for all of your courses through the Tools panel on the My Institution tab. Your instructor can also add a link to the email tool directly to the course menu. From the course menu, select Tools > Send Email.
Students might see, read, and act on important announcements and course messages when they receive a copy in their inboxes. Email copies are only delivered if recipients have valid email addresses in their Blackboard Learn profiles.
If you choose to send a message to the whole class, no one is allowed to reply by default. Your institution can choose not to allow students to reply to or create messages in their courses. You can't turn this setting on and off in your individual courses.
To select multiple users in a list on a Windows machine, press the Shift key and select the first and last users. To select users out of sequence, press the Ctrl key and select each user needed. For Macs, use the Command key instead of the Ctrl key. You can also use the Select All function to send an email to all users.
Blackboard Learn won't recognize files or email addresses with spaces or special characters, such as #, &, %, and $. In general, use only alphanumeric file names and addresses in Blackboard Learn.
You can send emails to individual users or to groups of users. Email is a send-only tool. You don't receive emails in Blackboard Learn.
Your instructor may choose to use Blackboard Email as their primary communication tool. The email tool allows you to send messages to other members of your course. You can address e-mail to individuals, to the entire class, to your instructor, or to groups of students. The email tool will send copies to the person's email account.
Your instructor may choose to use Course Messages as their primary communication tool. The this tool provides you with a familiar, email-like environment that you can use for course communication.
The course email tool is a send-only tool in the Original Course View. You receive emails from Blackboard in your external email program, such as Gmail or Yahoo, not in Blackboard itself. You can send messages directly from your course to others users' external email accounts. Email replies also go to the external email account.
For Macs, use the Command key instead of the Ctrl key. You can also use the Select All option to send an email to all users. Type your Subject and Message. A copy of the message is sent to the sender. A receipt page appears after the message is sent that lists all the recipients.
You receive emails from Blackboard in your external email program, such as Gmail or Yahoo, not in Blackboard itself. You can send messages directly from your course to others users' external email accounts. Email replies also go to the external email account.
The Original Course View doesn't keep a record of emails in Blackboard. When you receive or send an email, the email appears in the inbox of your external email client. Keep a copy of important messages in case you need them at a later date.
In both Edit On and Edit Off views you have access to the “Email” button. Select a student you want to address, or several at once, and use the email options to send your message.
Remember that this email will be sent to you as well (the sender). The student then can reply directly back to you using email only. Consider this as an option.
Course messages. From anywhere in a course, you can access messages on the navigation bar. The course messages page displays all the messages that are specific to the course you are in. You don't need to add a link to course messages. The Messages icon is always part of course navigation in the Ultra Course View.
Read-only course messages for students. Each institution has different communication preferences and policies. Some institutions may want to limit how students communicate with others in their courses. Your institution can choose not to allow students to reply to or create messages in their courses.
You and your students can send messages to each other, multiple people, or an entire class. Messages activity remains inside the system, and you don't have to worry about email addresses that may be incorrect or outdated.