To send an email to the entire class, take the following steps:
To send an email: From the Control Panel, click Course Tools > click Send Email> and select "All Student Users" in the adjacent content frame.
Ultra Course View does not have a traditional tool to send email. Instead, Messages provides the ability to send an email while retaining a copy of the message in the Blackboard course. Messages can be accessed within Blackboard on the base navigation or in the upper right corner of the Ultra Course View. When sending a Message, click the checkbox to Send an email copy to recipients.
Alternatives: Send email from MyNIU or directly from Outlook.
Blackboard email is a tool designed to help faculty communicate with students, fellow staff members and TAs. The Blackboard email tool allows faculty to send emails to select students, TAs or an entire class. It is not necessary for the faculty member to know the email address of the individual receiving the email. Moreover, a copy of sent messages are saved in the user's NIU email account.
To send an email: From the Control Panel, click Course Tools, click Send Email, and select an option in the adjacent content frame.
To send an email to the entire class, take the following steps:
To send an email: From the Control Panel, click Course Tools > click Send Email> and select "All Student Users" in the adjacent content frame.
Faculty may petition the DoIT Service Desk to have their email address in Blackboard changed. PLEASE NOTE: non-NIU email addresses are not recommended for use within Blackboard, because intended recipients may not receive the email messages. Messages sent from non-NIU addresses through Blackboard may be flagged as spam, or blocked altogether. It is recommended that faculty and instructors keep their NIU-assigned email address within Blackboard, to avoid these problems, so students always receive class notifications.
Students must use their campus email but can set up their account to forward campus email to their preferred account.
Information for forwarding campus mail, as well as changing the name, or "alias," of your NIU email account, is available on the DoIT website.
815-753-8100
servicedesk@niu.edu