How do I use Send Email in Blackboard?
Blackboard courses will NOT keep a record of your email, whether you send or receive it. Any email you receive from Blackboard appears in your UA or Crimson email inbox. Please keep a copy of important messages in case you need them at a later date.
Instructors and students may send email directly through Blackboard’s email tool in an Original course with the following provisions:
Instructors may opt to disable the email tool in the course or restrict its use.
To ensure privacy, students do not have privileges to email all users, all groups, or all students in a course.
Access the Email Tool
Click on Course Tool on the lower left Control Panel menu.
Select Send Email.
Sending Email
Select a recipient type and then proceed to enter and submit your message.
All Users: Send email to all users in the Course.
All Groups: Send email to all of the Groups in the Course.
All Teaching Assistant Users: Send email to all of the Teaching Assistant users in the Course.
All Student Users: Send email to all of the Student users in the Course.
All Instructor Users: Send email to all of the Instructor users in the Course.
Alternatively, you may Select Users to individually select recipients, or Select Groups to email to a specific group or team assigned by the instructor.
Single/Select Users: Select which users will receive the email.
Single/Select Groups: Select which Groups will receive the email.
Single/Select Observer Users: Send an email to selected Observer users.
Enter Email details.
Fill in the Subject line. If you leave the subject line blank, the message may not be delivered or could be marked as spam.
In the Message area, type your message body.
If you are attaching a file, click on the Attach a File link. Click on the Browse button to select a file on your computer. When you have selected the file, click Open to attach the file to the email message.
Click Submit.
NOTE: Blackboard doesn't recognize file names with spaces or special characters, such as ?, !, #, &, %, or $.