Email and Instant Messages

In addi­tion to Announce­ments, the Wel­come Wid­get, and the Activ­i­ty Feed, Bright­space offers two pri­ma­ry com­mu­ni­ca­tion meth­ods, email and instant mes­sag­ing, and it is impor­tant to under­stand how each func­tions at NIC.

At NIC, Bright­space email is send-only. Any mes­sage sent through Bright­space is deliv­ered to the recipient’s NIC email account and accessed through Out­look. Bright­space does not have an inter­nal inbox for read­ing or man­ag­ing mes­sages, and users can­not reply to or for­ward mes­sages from with­in Bright­space itself.

  1. Both instruc­tors and stu­dents can send email (or instant mes­sages) using the Email icon (or Instant Mes­sages icon) in the mini­bar at the top of every Bright­space page or from the Classlist with­in each course. You can email or mes­sage the entire class or spe­cif­ic stu­dents by check­ing the box­es next to stu­dents’ names.
  1. If you’re email­ing from the Classlist, email address­es for select­ed stu­dents will appear in the blind copy (bcc) field.

    If you click on the email icon in the Mini­bar, it opens the Com­pose New Mes­sage win­dow where you have access to the classlist (Address Book) and your Sent Mail.

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