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This tutorial will show you how to use your Email. Email can be used for private communications with your instructor, such as questions about grades or requests for extra help on a lesson or assignment. One note to remember is that teachers can and will monitor email.
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From your Course Home page, you can see how many messages you have in the Updates section. If you select this link you will be taken directly to your Email inbox. Or, you can click on the envelope in the upper right hand corner.
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You can also go to your Email by selecting the Email link.
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This is your Email Inbox. Notice that your unread messages are in bold and that your read messages are in plain text.
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To open a message, click on its subject line.
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From this window, you may read the body of the Email. You may also Reply to or Forward the Email.
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To write a new message, click the Compose button.
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This is the New Email page. Remember the following when composing a new email:
1. Always use the subject line. Your subject line should describe the purpose of your email (example: Assignment 1 question). 2. Use standard English in your emails. This is an academic course and appropriate grammar is expected. 3. You can find your instructor's and classmates' email addresses in your classlist. You should add these addresses to your address book.
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If you want to organize your emails, you can sort messages into different folders. Click on the Folder Management link.
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To add a new folder, select the New Folder link.
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Select the Folder Name textbox.
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Enter a descriptive name for your folder.Click the Save button.
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To exit your Email and return to your course, select the Course Home link.
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Sending an Email through the Classlist. Select the Classlist link.
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Select the Teacher tab or the tab to whom you would like to send the email.
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Select the Check Box next to the person's name.
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Select the Email icon.
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This is the New Email page. Remember the following when composing a new email:
1. Always use the subject line. Your subject line should describe the purpose of your email (example: Assignment 1 question). 2. Use standard English in your emails. This is an academic course and appropriate grammar is expected. 3. You can find your instructor's and classmates' email addresses in your classlist. You should add these addresses to your address book.
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Select the Address Book link. Adding addresses to the Address Book
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Select the Add Contact link
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Enter the required information in the correct fields.
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Click the Save button.
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To exit your Email and return to your course, select the Course Home link.
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This completes your tour of the Email function. If you have any questions please contact your teacher or support center.
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