Sending Email

Blackboard gives you the ability to send emails with file attachments to students and faculty who are associated with a given course. Keep in mind that the system does not keep a record of your sent or received email. Instead, a copy of the email is sent to the email address you have entered in your Personal Information (the system also relies on having your email information to function correctly).

• From the course page, go to Control Panel > Course Tools > Send Email.

• Select the recipients of the email.

• For To, use the arrow buttons to select which users will receive the email. This option is available only if you picked Select Users or Select Groups at the previous step. If you picked something else, To will contain a list of the recipients.

• Invalid Email lists the users who will not receive the message, because they have not entered a valid email in their Personal Information.
• From lists the name and email address that will appear as the sender of the message. Any responses will be sent to that email.
• At Subject, enter a title for your message.
• Type in your email at Message.
• Check the box labeled Return Receipt to send a copy of the email and recipients' addresses to yourself. Choosing this box does not allow the sender to see if the recipients have opened their message.
• Click Attach a file to add an attachment, if you would like to add one.

• Submit will send the email.

• This feature requires that a user has entered an email in his or her Personal Information.
• Blackboard does not keep a record of your sent email. Instead, a copy of the email is sent to the email address you have entered in your Personal Information.
• It works even if students have hidden their email from the rest of the class through privacy options. However, recipients of an email will still be able to see the sender's email.
• Students can also use this email function, though you can disable this function by going to Control Panel > Customization >  Tool Availability, finding the Email row, and unchecking the box in the Available column.