It is important to know that course users may not automatically receive an email when you post an announcement. This is a personal setting. By default, notifications for announcements are turned on, but users can adjust this themselves. If you want to send an important message to your students and/or colleagues via Brightspace, you can do so by following the steps outlined below.
How can I email the users of my course?
To email an entire class or group directly, use the Classlist.
Go to the navbar and select Users > Classlist.
In the search bar, search for the user(s) you want to email.
Once you select the users you want to email, click on Email, and a new window will open. The email addresses will always be in the BCC field to ensure user privacy. In the new window, you can then compose your email.
- Change the subject if necessary; by default, the name of the course will appear.
- Write the text of the email.
- Optionally, attach a file.
- Click Send.
How can I filter users?
Above the Classlist, there are the options All, Instructor, and Learner. When you click on these, the users in the course will be filtered based on their role.
My sent emails
To view previously sent emails, go to one of your courses. These are e-mails you have send by yourself, not the e-mails that other instructors in the course have send from this course.
- Click on the envelope icon in the minibar.
- Click on Email.
You will be taken to the homepage where you can immediately compose a new email.
If you click on Sent Mail on the right side of the screen, you will be directed to a page where all previously sent emails are listed. These are the sent emails from all your courses.
Send an email to Groups
Sending an email to groups is possible in Brightspace. However, groups must first be created.
Go to Users > Groups in the navbar to access the groups.
Select the group you want to email and click on Email. A new window will open, just like when emailing users from your course. Then, follow the same steps.