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Contact your Students from the "News Forum"

*Note-students cannot respond to a news forum.  They can, however, respond to a discussion forum.  Please do not duplicate the News Forum.

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There are a couple ways to send a message to all of your students in the moodle course.
1.  Just under the course title (in the center of the page) click on "news forum" (shown left).
2.  Click on "add a new topic."
3.  Complete the fields and send it.

This option shows the forum on the moodle page.  This option is nice because it does not rely on email, but does rely on the student noticing the new forum.  **the default setting for students is subscribed to new forums; however, some students unsubscribe because they receive an email every time that someone comments on the forum. 

The second option to email your students relies on the student checking his or her Alliant email account.  So make sure to notify your students if you plan to use either of these options.

Sending a message to students using Quickmail

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1.  On the right-hand side, under "quick mail," click on "compose new email" (shown left)
2.  If you want to include all the student, click "add all" or select each one and "add" (shown below)
3.  Fill in subject and content of message.  You can also add a document.  In many ways, this is just like sending an email from outlook/mail.  
4.  Decide if you want to receive a copy of the email and click "send email."

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Figure 1
Add content, subject, or document

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1.  You can check the circle to receive a copy of the message in your own inbox.  
2. Send message. 

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