The Email Tool
The Email tool in Online Campus is used to pickup and store email messages. 

Important! To send email to instructors and classmates, students will use the Classlist tool.

Accessing the Email tool
To access the Online Campus email tool:
  1. Click Email link on the course home navigation bar

The Email Message List page displays.

 

The Email Tool
Use the options across the top of the Message List page to access Email tool features.
Return to the message folder last viewed when viewing different email pages.
Important! To compose email to instructors and classmates, students will use the Classlist tool.
Check for new emails.
Access the Folder Management page, where students can create folders and manage messages by saving them in folders they have created.
Access the Settings page, where students can customize their email, display, and forwarding options.

 

Checking Email
The Message List page displays a list of items in the inbox, including unread emails.

Email Message Options
To read a message, click the subject link of the message.

The message will open in either a preview pane or new window, depending on the individual settings.

The Message Preview page displays.


Use the options across the top of the Message Preview page to reply to, forward, delete, or manage the message.

Note: Messages opened using the preview pane are not marked as read. To mark a message as read, click the Mark Read icon at the top of the message or right click on the message on the Message List page and choose “Open in New Window”.
 
This option will open the Compose New Message with the senders email address in the To: field of the email.
 
This option will open the Compose New Message with the senders email address and any other email addresses in the original email message in the To: field.  This means that anyone who received the original email, will receive the email.
 
This option will open the Compose New Message with the original email in the text area but the To: field will be blank. Students do not have access to an address book.  Students must know the address to fill the To: Field

 		 Marks the email as not read

 		 Converts the email to a simple text format and provides a print button
This option allows the user to associate the message with one or more course offerings. Email messages can be filtered based on messages' course offering associations.
 

 		 This will relocate the email message to the selected folder.

 		 Selecting a flag for an email message will show a visual representation of a "flag" next to the message. 

Email Message Folders
Folders help manage messages by organizing them into groups.

A list of all folders displays in the Folder List pane of the Message List page if it is enabled on the Settings page.

By default everyone will have the following folders:
• Inbox
• Drafts
• Sent
• Trash

Folders can be added to this list as needed.
 

Accessing email message folders
From the Message List page:
  1. Click the folder link from the Folder List pane, or select the folder from the Folder drop-down list.

Moving messages to an existing folder
From the Message List page:

  1. Check the boxes beside the messages you want to move.
  2. Choose the folder you want to move the selected messages to from the Move To drop-down list.


 

  

Creating new email message folders
From the Message List page:
  1. Click the Folder Management icon () at the top of the page.

The Folder Management page displays.
  1. Click the New Folder icon () at the top of the page.
  2. Ensure that the Folder Type is set to Message Folder.
  3. Enter a name for the folder.
  4. To make the new folder a sub-folder inside an existing folder, choose the existing folder from the Parent Folder drop-down menu.
  5. Click Save.

Editing email message folders

  1. From the Folder Management page:
  2. Click the Edit icon () to the right of the folder you want to edit.

The Edit Folder page displays.

  1. Update the folder information as required.
  2. Click Save.
 

Deleting email message folders
  1. From the Folder Management page, Click the Delete icon () to the right of the folder you want to delete.

Note: Deleted folders cannot be restored. Messages from deleted folders will be moved to the Trash folder.