It's important to note that course users may not automatically receive an email when you post an announcement. This is a personal setting. It is set to ON by default, but any user/student can disable it. If you want to send an important message to your students and/or colleagues via Brightspace, you can do this according to the steps described below.
How can I email the users of my course?
To send an email regarding an Announcement directly to an entire class or lesson group, use the classlist.
1. Navigate to Course Tools in the navigation bar. Click on Classlist.
2. It is now possible to select whether to send an email to the course teachers, to students, or both. Names and email addresses are automatically placed in the BCC field so that personal information is not visible to the entire Classlist.
How can I filter users?
You can also email a selection of users in your course, such as your own class or group.
If the class or lesson group has been added in the course as a Section, you can email the entire class or lesson group at once.
Click Show Search Options
1. Choose your filter from the drop-down menu next to View By and choose Section
2. Choose the correct section/group/class or choose All Sections
3. Click Apply
After filtering, select the users you want to email by checking them.
By checking the top box you select the entire list.
Pay attention! If there are more than 50 users in the course, the Classlist is divided into pages. Then change the number of users at the bottom left of the page to the desired number. Then select the users by checking them.
How do I add an Announcement to the Email
Click Email. A new Brightspace screen will automatically open where you can write the message.
- Write the text of the email
- Click on Insert Quicklink
- Then click on Announcements
4. Then click on the Announcement that you want to share with the students via email. The message is now added as a link to the email.
If you would like more information about using the Classlist, please see this article.
Following GDPR legislation, students do not see each other's email addresses. They also do not see email addresses within groups.
My sent emails
To view the previously sent emails, go to one of your courses (for example, your Sandbox).
- Click on the envelope icon in the minibar.
- Click on Email.
You will now be taken to the home page where you can immediately compose a new email.
- If you click on Sent Mail on the right of the screen, you will be taken to a page where all previously sent emails are listed. These are the emails sent from all your courses.
Send an email to Groups
You can also send email to groups (that you have created yourself in Brightspace).
Go to Course Tools > Groups in the navigation bar of your course. This will open the Manage Groups page.
To send an email to (certain) groups:
- Select the groups you want to send the email to, or click the checkbox next to the Group Category to select all groups at once.
- Click Email. A new window with the email function will appear.
To ensure the privacy of the students, the email addresses are automatically added to the BCC.
