Ultra Blackboard courses will retain a copy of a MESSAGE sent in your course. Any email you receive from Blackboard appears in your external email inbox, but there is no record of the email from UMBC's perspective. Please keep a copy of important messages in case you need them at a later date.
Tell Me
- Click on the Messages from the top tool bar.
- Click the Add Message icon by clicking the (+) in the upper right corner to create a new Message.
- In Recipients field, select All course members to send the Message to the entire course.
- All Instructors will send a message to everyone with the instructor role.
- All Students, will send the message to everyone with the student role. All students will not include instructors or TAs.
- Use the first line of your Message to replicate a subject line of your email.
- Compose the body of your email in the remainder of the body of your Message.
- Click SEND.
What students will see
Students will receive an email from you that says "Instructor's Name sent you a new message in Your Course Name"
Show Me
Original Blackboard
Sending email in an Original course
Instructors and students may send email directly through Blackboard’s email tool in an Original course with the following provisions:
- Instructors may opt to disable the email tool in the course or restrict its use.
- To ensure privacy, students do not have privileges to email all users, all groups, or all students in a course.
Original Blackboard courses will NOT keep a record of your email, whether you send or receive it.