Page Comparison

There are several ways to email all students in a course

Quickmail

You can email an entire class or selected students using the Quickmail feature. Look for the Quickmail block on the right column of a course. Click Compose Course Message and select the recipients.  Select All in course or choose specific individuals, roles, or groups to email. Compose your email and click Send Message at the bottom of the screen.

Advanced Use

• You can send email separately to course groups if you use groups in your course

• It is possible to add additional non-course users with the Additional Emails field

• Emails can be scheduled using the "Send at" option near the bottom of the page

• The user data fields allow message personalization.  For example, entering "Dear [:firstname:]" will insert each recipient's first name into the message

• By default, only students cannot use Quickmail, but there is a setting to permit students to send emails.  

Other Quickmail Information

Quickmail keeps a history of all sent messages which is available under the "View Sent Messages" link on the Quickmail block on the course page.

By default, Quickmail is not available to students.  If you would like students in your course or organization to be able to use Quickmail, send a request to support@swarthmore.edu and the settings will be adjusted.  

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