[ARCHIVED] Emailing/Messaging ALL students

[hmoore]

What is the most efficient way to email/message ALL students assigned to a course?

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hello  @hmoore ...

Your question is one that is often asked here (for example, take a look at this topic I replied to earlier this week: email message) in the Community, and doing a quick search (How do I search and filter content in the Canvas Community? ) usually can get you several related topics.  The Guide that you'll want to review is: How do I send a message to all course users in the Inbox as an instructor?.  But, you'll also want to take a look at my response in sending Emails to my students...as it addresses the terminology "e-mail" ... which Canvas does not have.

I hope this information will be of help to you, Hope.  Sing out if you have any questions about this...thanks!

[gnoack]

I use the announcement tool to communicate to all students in a course. It goes to them via their notification setting which is defaulted to their email.  Since I believe most students don't change this, I think it's a good solution. And if they do change it, it was deliberate and they are probably more aware of the notifications than those who don't. 

Also, I have the setting turned on to post recent announcements on the home page, so student can view it there as well. So they have two opportunities to view the information.

At the beginning of the course I make them aware of how I will communicate with them, it's their responsibility to stay up on it. (I teach in Higher Ed.)

I use the Inbox to message students individually.