Messaging: How To Message All Students In The Course

Messaging: How To Message All Students In The Course

Moodle is a quick and easy way to send a message to all of your students. Knowing how to message all students would be useful if, for example, you need to announce a change in an assignment or a due date.

Messaging Options

There are two options to message all of the students in your course:

News Forum

Students will receive an email notification when you post a message in the News Forum. The post will also be within the course’s News Forum for the duration of the course.

Moodle Messaging

You can send a message to one or multiple students. Students will receive an email message if they are not logged in to the portal when the message is sent. They will receive a notification within Moodle the next time they log in to Moodle. Students will receive only a notification within Moodle if they are online when the message is sent. Moodle users have the option to alter these settings in their profile.

Messaging through the News Forum

  1. Access the News forum in your course.
  2. Click Add a new topic.
  3. Enter a subject and message for your students; both fields are required.
  4. Click Post to forum. Your post is now available to students in the News forum.

Messaging through Moodle Messaging

  1. Locate the Navigation block on the main page of your course. Choose Participants to access a list of course participants.
  2. Choose Student in the Current Role drop-down list to display only students.
  3. At the bottom of the list of names, choose Select All.
  4. Next to the phrase With Selected Users, choose Send a Message from the dropdown menu.
  5. A text box will appear; type your message to your students here. Click the Preview button when you are finished.
  6. Click Send Message to send your message to your students, or click Update to edit your message.