Creating Mail

You can send messages to users enrolled in your course. When you create a message, you can enter plain text or use the HTML Creator to create content in HTML without entering HTML tags.

 

Note: You cannot use the mail tool to send email messages to external email accounts.

 

To create a mail message:

1. Click Create Message.
2. Click Browse for Recipients and select them.
3. Complete the Subject field.
4. If you want to create a message using HTML, select On next to HTML Creator (the HTML Creator does not currently function for Mac users)
5. Enter your message in the Message text box or HTML Creator editing area.
6. Click Add Attachments to add files to your message (if you have attachments to send to the mail recipients). The Content Browser pop-up window appears.



• If you want to attach a file stored in one of your Vista folders, navigate to the folder containing the file(s) that you want to attach, select its checkbox, and click OK. The Create Message screen appears with the selected files listed under Add Attachments.
• If you want to attach a file stored on your local computer, click My Computer, browse for the file, and click OK. The Create Message screen appears with the selected files listed under Add Attachments.
  
7. Click Preview to view the message as it will appear to the recipient.
8. Click Send. The Messages screen appears and your message is moved to the Sent Mail folder.