Sending E-mails

E-mails can be sent to instructors, fellow students or group members within Blackboard. Sent e-mails are not retained by the Blackboard System and course participants cannot email individuals that are not enrolled in the course using the Send Email function.

To send an e-mail from within a Blackboard course:

  1. Login to your course.
  2. In the Control Panel, click Course Tools > Send Email.
  3. Choose the recipients of your e-mail.

    List of Recipient Groups
     
  4. Enter the title of the e-mail in the Subject text box and your message in the Message text box.

    Send email to all of the Instructor users in the Course.
     
  5. If you would like to add an attachment, click on the Attach a file link and browse for your file.

    Browse for file to attach
     
  6. Click on the Submit button to send your e-mail. A copy of your message will automatically be sent to you, the sender.

Users can also access the Send Email feature for all of their courses and organizations through the Tools box on the My UMFlint tab.

 Send Email feature of the Tools box on the My UMFlint tab