ARCHIVED: Using Oncourse, how do I add Email Archive to my site?

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To complete these procedures, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. If you're not sure what your role is, see the "Role" column in the Roster tool. For permissions, see ARCHIVED: What can I do in read-only Oncourse?

Adding Email Archive to your site activates an email address that your site participants can use to communicate with each other. Email sent to your site's email address can be copied to all site participants and owners, and all email messages are stored in the Email Archive.

Note: You cannot use Email Archive to send mail to particular individuals. To send messages to individual participants or a group, use the Messages tool; see ARCHIVED: Sending, forwarding, and replying to messages.

To add Email Archive to your site's menubar:

  1. In your site's menubar, click Site Setup.
  2. Near the top, click Edit Tools.
  3. Check Email Archive, and then scroll down and click Continue.
  4. Under "Email Archive", in the field next to "Site email address", enter a site email address (e.g., history-fall-13). This will be the name (i.e., alias) that goes before @oncourse.iu.edu in your course email address.
  5. Click Continue, and on the subsequent confirmation screen, click Finish.

You should now see Email Archive in your site's menubar.

Note: The Email Archive is accessible only from within Oncourse. However, participants can receive email in their preferred email program, such as Microsoft Outlook. They do not need to log into Oncourse to read course mail.

Note: If you use Umail, when you send a message to the address for your Oncourse site, it will appear only in your Sent Mail folder, not in your Inbox. This is due to Gmail settings documented in Gmail Help.

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Last modified on 2018-01-18 14:33:01.