Using Messages, you can send messages to other site participants, and reply to messages sent by other participants.
On this page:
To send a message:
Messages
.
Messages
screen, or while viewing the contents of a
Messages folder, click Compose Message
.
Ctrl
-click (in Windows) or
Command
-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 you send your message using the Send Cc
option, your
message will go directly to the recipients' email addresses, and a
copy will go to both their Received
folders and your
Sent
folder in Messages. Recipients cannot reply to the
message via email; they must use the Messages tool.
Note: Pasting text into the rich-text editor should preserve most formatting, but some types of formatting, such as colored text, may need to be added manually in the editor after pasting.
Send
.
To forward a message to another recipient:
Messages
.
Messages
screen, click Received
to view the
messages you've received.
Forward
.
To reply to a message:
Messages
.
Messages
screen, click Received
to view the
messages you've received.
Reply
or Reply to all
.