Blackboard Tools > Sending Mail

Blackboard provides instructors with a "send e-mail" utility that is embeded within their course site. This tool will send e-mail to every student enrolled in your course site. The message will be delivered to the e-mail address associated with a user's blackboard account. By default we create all Blackboard accounts using students "uic.edu" addresses. Users have the ability to change this at any time by logging in and clicking on the tab labeled "My UIC" and then "Personal Information" from the main blackboard login page:

SENDING MAIL

To use this utility login and click "Control Panel>Send E-mail". You will be presented with a list of different recipient list options ranging from "All Users" to "Single/Select Users".

After you have specified the recipient list that you would like to send the message to you will be passed into an interface where you can type in the subject and text of the message. You also have the option to include an attachment. Be sure to check off the box labeled "Send Copy of Message to Self"; Blackboard does not keep track of outgoing mail so you will not be able to access a history of messages that you sent out.

If you receive error messages from a few of the students accounts read them carefully. The message normally indicate that the user in question has not yet activated their UIC e-mail address, or that the setting in Blackboard is pointing to an e-mail address that is not being actively monitored, or has expired. To fix this contact the user in question and make sure they update their "Personal Information" by following the steps above with a valid e-mail account.

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Related FAQ's

Q: I sent an e-mail message via the "Send Mail" tool and I received an error message back stating that the message was not delivered to a few of my students - whats wrong?

When we create blackboard accounts for students we use the UIC e-mail address as the default address associated with their account. If students do not use this address or if they have set their account to use another e-mail address that is no longer active you will receive a message stating that the mail could not be delivered. In order to fix this the students in question must login and set their Blackboard e-mail account to a valid, active account. Any Blackboard user can change this themselves by logging in and clicking the MY UIC tab on the main login page and then the "Personal Information" link.

Q: Can I edit a students submitted assignment and then send it back to them using the "Assignment Manager"?

You can edit a students submitted assignment and then send it back to them using the assignment manager. In order to do this you must login and access the students assignment by clicking on the "Grabebook". Once you are in the gradebook find the assignment in question that the student submitted and click on the exclamation point and then the button labeled "View". To view the assignment click on the link to the file.

In order to edit it you must make your edits and then save the file on your own hard drive before re-attaching a file to send back to them.

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