You can send email to any course instructor or fellow participant from within Blackboard.
Email is sent from Blackboard directly to participants' UQ email addresses. To read email sent from Blackboard you must access your student email in the usual way, such as via my.UQ .

Sending Email

• To send an email from within Blackboard, use the Communication link on the left-side menu, and click Send Email.
• The resulting screen (below) will display a variety of options for emailing individuals or groups. Options such as All Users, All Teaching Assistants or All Instructors will allow you to contact every member of those groups, while Select Users will allow you to select specific individuals to receive your email.
  
  
• Note that options which have been disabled by your course co-ordinator will display as text only, rather than as a link.
• If you click Select Users , the screen (below) will be displayed.
  
  
• This section allows you to select Recipients from the full list of course participants by ticking each required username.
• You then complete the message, including Subject and Message .
• It is then possible to add attachments. See Attaching Files (below) for more information on this.
• Click Submit and the email will be sent directly to the UQ student email address of each of the individuals selected at the beginning of this process.

Attaching Files

Attaching files to an email is slightly different to attaching files to a discussion board post. It is possible, for example, to attach more than one file to an email.

1. Click the Attach a File button. This will open up a new screen that allows you to browse for the files you wish to attach.
2. Click Browse and select the file you want to attach. Click OK.
3. Click Submit to add the attachment.
4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 for further attachments, then continue composing and sending the email.