It is important to realize that course users might not automatically receive an email when you post an announcement. This is a personal setting. It is set to ON by default, but each user/student can turn this off. If you have an important message you want to send to your students, you must do so by the below-explained steps.
How can I email the users of my course?
Brightspace offers the possibility to email your classlist.
- Navigate to Course Tools in the navbar.
- Click on Classlist.
- Click on Email Classlist.
You can now select whether you want to send an email to your staff, students, or both. Names and email addresses are automatically set to the BCC field so personal information is not shared with users on the Classlist.
You can also email a selection of users of your course. Choose your filter under the dropdown menu next to View By. After filtering, select only those users you wish to email. If you would like more information on the use of the classlist, please refer to this article.
Clicking on Send Email automatically opens a new Brightspace-window where you can write your message. Note: If you choose to send an email to All you will also send the mail to yourself. You can remove yourself from the BCC or send a mail via the tab Student to prevent this from happening.
Send an email to Groups
In order to send an email to (certain) groups you need to:
1. Select the groups you want to send the e-mail to, or select the checkbox next to the Group Category name in order to select all groups in the category.
2. Click on Email. A new window will open.
To ensure the privacy of the students, the email addresses are automatically added to the BCC field.