Sending Email Through Blackboard

Overview

Users can access email functions for specific courses through the Send Email page. From this page users can send email to the following people in a course:

  • Fellow classmates
  • Instructors
  • Teaching Assistants
  • Groups within a course

Send Email allows users direct access to course participants and can also be accessed from the Tools box on the My Institution area.

Find this page: Follow the steps below to open the Send Email page

  • Step 1 Open a course website for a course that you are participating in.
  • Step 2 Click Course Tools and select Send Email

Functions: The following groups are available to send email to from the Send email page

  • All Users: Sends email to all users in the course or organizations
  • All Groups: Sends email to all of the groups in a specified course or organization.
  • All Teaching Assistants: Sends email to all of the Teaching Assistants in a specified course.
  • All Instructors: Sends email to all of the instructors for a specified course.
  • Select Users: Sends email to a single user or select users in a specified course.
  • Select Groups: Send email to a single group or select groups in a course.