If the Mail tool is enabled for your course, it will appear under Course Tools. When you click the Mail icon, the main screen for the Mail tool appears.
The Mail Screen
The Mail screen initially displays your Inbox, which lists all of the messages that have been sent to you; new messages appear in bold. To view a message, click its Subject title. The message appears in a pop-up window, where you can reply to or forward the message.
As well as opening and reading messages, you can do the following from the Mail screen:
- Create and send messages
- Create folders to organize your messages
- Refresh the screen to see if you have
any new messages
- Print selected messages
To send a message, from the Mail screen, click Create Message. The Create Message screen appears.
The Create Message Screen
To select the course member or members to whom you want to send the message, click Browse for Recipients. The names of your classmates, your teaching assistant, and instructor appear in a pop-up window, where you can select whether you want to send the message To the recipients, or CC or BCC them.
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If your message is important or time-sensitive, send your message as High priority so that it will be flagged in the recipients' Inbox. 
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