Sending Email Through Blackboard

Using Blackboard’s built-in emailing system allows you to send course related emails without configuring an external mail program with distribution lists for instructors and/or students. To send an email from within your Blackboard course site:

1.  Go to the course site for which you would like to send an email. From the navigation panel, click on the Communication button as shown below.

2.  Select Send Email from the list of options now showing to the right of the navigation panel. On the next screen you will be able to choose from the following groups:  All Users, All Groups, All Teaching Assistants, All Instructors, Single/Select Users, Single/Select Groups. 

3.  After making your selection, type in a subject and message. (A copy will automatically be mailed to you, so you do not need to select yourself as a recipient.)

4.      Add any attachments you would like to send.

5.      Click Submit.

6.      Click OK.

Note: The email address used by the Blackboard system is the same address listed in PeopleSoft, which is typically one’s Trinity account.  Students, faculty, and staff may log in to http://webmail.trincoll.edu to check their Trinity mail from the web when necessary.