Email
To access your Email in D2L you can click the Email link from the top navigation bar of your D2L Course Home.
While it is possible to use the Email tool to send email messages from within D2L, you will need to know the addresses of individuals you are trying to email. To easily email your instructor or fellow classmates, you should use the Classlist.
Sending Email Through the Classlist
You may choose to email individual users through the classlist, all users who fall within a particular category or tab (i.e. all students), a select group of users or you may email everyone in the classlist.
To email one user:
- Locate the user in the classlist.
- Click the checkbox next to the users name and click the email
button
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To email all users in one category:
- Click on the tab that you wish to email.
- Click the Email everyone on this page button at the top of
the page
. The usernames will be automatically added to the email
message.
To email all users in the course:
- Make sure you are on the All tab under Classlist view.
- Click the Email everyone on this page button at the top of
the page
. The usernames will be automatically added to the email
message.
After clicking the email button a new window will open to allow you
to compose a new message.
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The Address Book button will open your
Address Book where you can keep an online list of your
contacts and organize contacts into groups. You can
also select more contacts to add to your email message.
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2.
The Subject line will be the topic or
description of your email message.
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3.
The text box is where you will enter
the body or content of your email message. You have
the basic word editing tools such as (bold, underline,
italic, and orientation).
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4.
The Attachments box will allow you to
add a file from your computer to include with the email
message. By clicking browse you will be able to
select a file off your computer. Once you have found
the file you want to attach, click it and then click Open
to add it to the email message.
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5.
Cancel will allow you to cancel the
message and return to your Classlist Home Page.
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| 6. The Send button is what you will click once you are done composing your message. Make sure you have all other fields done before clicking Send as you will not be able to go back and edit the message once it is sent. |