ARCHIVED: Using Oncourse Messages, how do I send, forward, and reply to messages?
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Using Messages, you can send messages to other site participants, and reply to messages sent by other participants.
On this page:
Sending a message
To send a message:
- In your site's menubar, click .
- On the "Messages" screen, or while viewing the contents of a Messages folder, click .
- Next to "To", use the list to select the individual(s) or group(s)
you want to receive the message. To select multiple participants,
Ctrl
-click (in Windows) orCommand
-click (in Mac OS X). You can also choose to send your message to the entire site, or to all users with a particular role (e.g., all instructors or all assistants). - If available, next to "Send Cc", check the box if you want
to send a copy of the message to recipients' email addresses.
If you send your message using the
option, your message will go directly to the recipients' email addresses, and a copy will go to both theirReceived
folders and yourSent
folder in Messages. Recipients cannot reply to the message via email; they must use the Messages tool. - Under "Label", use the drop-down list to change the priority status for your message.
- Next to "Subject", type the subject of your message.
- Under "Message", use the rich-text editor to compose your
message.
Note: Pasting text into the rich-text editor should preserve most formatting, but some types of formatting may need to be added manually in the editor after pasting. You can also use the ARCHIVED: Pasting from Microsoft Word. icon to paste from a Microsoft Word document, although this may not preserve every type of formatting. For details, see
- Under "Attachments", you can attach a file from your local computer or from Resources, or specify the URL for a file on the web. For instructions, see ARCHIVED: Options for adding attachments.
- To send your message, click .
Forwarding a message
To forward a message to another recipient:
- In your site's menubar, click .
- On the "Messages" screen, click to view the messages you've received.
- Click the message you wish to forward.
- Click .
- The text of the original message is included in the rich-text editor. To edit and send the forwarded message, follow steps 3 through 9 in Sending a message above.
Replying to a message
To reply to a message:
- In your site's menubar, click .
- On the "Messages" screen, click to view the messages you've received.
- Click the message to which you're replying.
- Click or .
- To compose and send your reply, follow steps 3 through 9 in Sending a message above.
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