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Quickmail

Send a message to my instructor

Purpose

This article describes the steps to send a message to your instructor using Quickmail within Moodle.

Procedure

Here are the steps for sending your instructor a message from your online classroom.

Screenshot of the Quickmail block

Two possible views

View 1:

screenshot of the quickmail page. two selection boxes at the top. left side shows options. Middle has two buttons: add or remove. Select instuctor and click add. This moves the instructor role to the right hand box.

View 2:

Screenshot of another view. dropdown box is shown under the To field.

  • At your online course, look for Quickmail in the right-hand column.

  • Click on Compose Course Message.

  • View 1: Select Instructor Role (highlight) and click on Add. The instructor role will move to the right-side selection box.

  • View 2: At the To field, click the arrow to open the drop-down menu. Choose Instructor from the list of choices.

  • Type a Subject name and type your message in the Body.

  • Scroll down. If desired, you can add a file by clicking the add file box.

  • When you're ready, click on the Send Message button at the bottom of the page.

  • Screenshot of the file upload section with Send message, save draft, and cancel buttons at the bottom.

Please note: Quickmail will only allow you to send an email from within Moodle. You will need to access your student email account to see any replies your instructor sends back. If you need help finding your student email, please follow the instructions in the guide below.

Accessing Student Email

Let us know if you need additional help with this!

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