Question
- How do I contact all of the students in my class?
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Resolution
Method 1 - Post an Announcement in Canvas
To add a course announcement, follow the steps documented here: How do I add an announcement in a course?
Method 2 - Send a Message to a Class via Canvas
To send a message to all members of a course via Canvas, follow the steps documented here: How do I send a message to all course users in Conversations as an instructor?
Method 3 - Email a Class via OSU Online Services
In addition to the class lists, you can email students in a course via OSU Online Services:
- Login to MyOSU (http://myosu.oregonstate.edu)
- On the Welcome tab go to Online Services portlet
- Click on Faculty & Advisor folder
- Click on Term Selection
- A new tab opens with Online Services; select the term and submit
- Next to Rosters, click on "Classlist" to bring up a list of all students in the class
- Click on the button next to "Email class" to start an email to everyone in the class; the students' addresses will be Bcc'd (so they do not see eachother's addresses)
Method 4 - Send Email to the Exchange Class List
Every course at OSU has its own Exchange e-mail address. These class addresses are actually e-mail ‘groups’ and contain the ONID e-mail address of every student in the course. An instructor can quickly and easily contact everyone currently enrolled in the class by sending an e-mail to the course address.
On the first day of each term the e-mail groups are automatically created from course lists in Banner. Instructors are automatically given permission to send to their class lists from the instructor's OSU email address.
Please note: the members of a course are hidden in Outlook to protect student confidentiality.
The group address is the course number and section separated by underscores. For example, course BIO 101 section 2 would have an address of BIO_101_002@oregonstate.edu.
For assistance, contact the Service Desk.