This section deals only with eMail
within a course. General eMail (accessed from the
student PIM) can be disabled across the school as described here.
B
Course eMail,
designed by the teacher or by students, could become a key feature of your approach
to course design.
C
It
is essential that students realise that all traffic through the eMail
system is recorded and checked by a teacher. Your school should have an Acceptable
Use Policy for the Learning Platform.
D
We
assume that you have created a course and set up an internal Chapter
structure which includes some content (a document or a web site) which will form
the focus for the eMail discussion.
E
To
set up an eMail discussion thread use PIM>MyCourse.
Start the course as if you were a student and then click
Collaboration from which anyone can use eMail My Class
or eMail My Tutor. Tutors are included
in Class eMails by default.
F
eMails
are tagged with the sender's email address listed in their Profile
- it is important that this is accurate.
G
If
the teacher has set up Workgroups
then they will appear on the drop-down list and can be selected - only Workgroup
members will receive the eMail.
H
Class
and Workgroup members will receive the eMail
at the address listed in their separate Profiles
- it is important that this information is accurate. Some eMail addresses (eg
hotmail.com accounts) can be accessed over the web - others can only be accessed
from a specific home machine.
I
If
several teachers have been set as Tutors for the Course
they will ALL receive every eMail sent by every student. To avoid this, use Workgroups
linked to one teacher only.
