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Email

Email is a very important tool for communication between yourself and your instructor as well as your classmates .  Your email address is your University of Wisconsin - Superior address (for example: jsmith@students.uwsuper.edu).  You can send messages, and have access to your address book.  All messages sent to you will go to your UW - Superior mail box, not into a Learn@UWSuperior mail box.  Since you have no sent items folder, if you want to keep track of the email you send, send a copy to yourself.

The following tools are available to you:

There are three ways to use email:

  1. On the top Navigation bar of the Learn@UWSuperior home page, there is a link labeled e-mail; if you click on this link, it will open up a new empty mail message.

    2. A screen shot of the navigation bar in Learn@UWSuperior

     

  2. Inside all of your classes, there is link on the Navigation bar labeled e-mail
  3. Inside one of your classes, go to Classlist. You will see a list of your classmates, your instructor(s), TA(s) and yourself.  If you click on any of their email addresses, it will open the Compose Mail Message window.  If you click on the show address book button A screen shot of the "Show Address book" button located in the Compose Mail Message window, you will be able to access a list of your class mates.  To include them in your email, click on the box A screen shot of the check box beside their name. You can also send email to everyone connected with your class (instructors, teaching assistants, and students) by clicking on the Email All link at the bottom of the Class List.

Composing a Mail Message

A screen shot of the new email

In the New Email area, you are given the following options:

To:

To send a message to a recipient type the recipient's email address in the To: line.  You can also select the recipient's address by selecting the Address Book icon a screen shot of the book icon beside the To. Please note that you can also send emails to recipients who are not enrolled in your course (e.g. myfriend@yahoo.com) by typing the email address in the To: line.

CC:

CC's are Carbon Copies.  They allow you to send messages to people you want to read your message even though it is not specifically addressed to them.

Subject

Type a brief description of your email in the subject line.

Priority

You can set the priority on the message so a "!" is displayed when the recipient receives the message.

Message Text

Type your message in the large text box.

Adding Attachments

If you wish to send a file, click on the Browse button.  This will allow you to browse the contents of the computer you are currently using.  Once you have found the file you want to attach, click on the button labeled Attach File; this will upload the chosen file and attach it to your outgoing email.

 

Address Book

Learn@UWSuperior automatically created your class with a custom address book of all the instructors, teacher assistants and students.  To access the class address book:

  • Open an email composer
  • Click on the a screen shot of the "show address book" button button
  • A panel on your left hand will open, which will give you a list of the instructors, teacher assistants and students.  Check the the box A screen shot of the check box next to the name of the person you want to send an email.

Note: If you want a list of the email addresses of your class mates, access your email through going to the Classlist.  If you click on the Show Address book link, you will only see your class mates' email addresses.

If you access the Address Book at the organizational level, you will see a list of all Learn@UWSuperior users including your classmates.