Compose and send mail

Note: Mail is available only if it is enabled in Preferences > Course Tools page. For information about making mail available to you and your students, see Enable mail.

To compose new messages:

1. Click Communicate > Mail.
2. Click Compose new.
3. Select the recipients to whom you want to send a mail message.
   1. Click To (Cc and/or Bcc). Note that you can filter the address book to View by either Recipients or Groups.
      • Cc (carbon copy): Send a copy of the message to people indirectly concerned about the subject of the message. All To and Cc recipients can view the full list of recipients.
      • Bcc (blind carbon copy): Send a copy of the message to people who need to read the message without other recipients knowing these people received it. Recipients listed in Bcc are not visible to other To and Cc recipients.

      Note: The recipients displayed in the list include instructors and students enrolled in the same course which you are currently using.

   2. To send the message to all users in a course, click Select All Recipients.
   3. To select individual recipients, click the expand icon (+) and select the box for each recipient you want to include.
   4. Click Add Recipients. The recipients you selected are added to the field.
   5. To view all recipients, click Show All. To close the recipient list, click Collapse.
4. Enter the message Subject.
5. Enter the message in the content editor.
6. If you want to send a copy of the message to the recipient's external email address, select Copy message to recipient's external email address.
7. Do one of the following:
   • To send the message, click Send.
   • To save the message as a draft, click Save as Draft.
8. To close Mail, click Close.

Send messages saved as drafts

When you save a draft of a message, the message is placed in your Drafts folder and is not sent to any recipients.

To view or send saved, unsent messages:

1. Click Communicate > Mail.
2. Click Drafts.
3. To open a message, click the sender name, subject, or saved date.
4. Make any necessary changes to the message, and then do one of the following:
   • To send the message, click Send.
   • To save the message as a draft, click Save as Draft.
   • To cancel your changes, click Cancel.

   Note: Only mail created from the same course appears in the Sent and Drafts folders.

5. To close Mail, click Close.

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