Use Mail to view or send correspondence to other course users. You can communicate with any user enrolled in your course. Messages appear only in the course mail tool; they are not external email messages.
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If you don't see Mail on the Communicate tab, you cannot use the Mail feature described here. The Mail tool is available only if you enable it on the Preferences > Course Tools page.
The order of appearance of Mail page on the toolbar and whether it opens by default when you click Communicate is determined by settings you select under Instructor Tools and Student Tools on the Preferences > Course Tools page.
You can use the mail tool to: