Click Email on your course navbar.

Unread messages appear in bold. To read a message, click the subject link of the message. The message opens in either a preview pane or new window, depending on your settings.

Compose an email

1. From the inbox, click Compose.
2. Enter the recipient’s email address in the To field. Click Address Book to locate an address from your Address Book.
3. Enter a brief description of your email in the Subject line.
4. Enter your message in the Body.
5. Click the  Spell Checker icon to check for misspellings.
6. Click Send.

Add an attachment to your email

1. From the Compose New Message page, create a new email as usual.
2. In the Attachments area, click Browse and select the file you want to attach. If you are using a supported browser, you can also drag and drop attachments from your desktop.

1. From the inbox, click on the message you want to reply to or forward.
2. Click Reply, Reply All, or Forward.
3. Enter the recipient names in the To field. To expand the Cc and Bcc fields, click Add CC or BCC. For reply and reply all, the recipients automatically populate, but you can add additional recipients if desired.
4. Add any additional content, including attachments, to the message.
5. Click Send.

Mark an email message as read

1. Select the check box next to the message or messages you want to mark as read.
2. Click Mark as Read at the top of the message list.

Mark an email message as unread

Open the message and click Mark Unread from the More Actions button in the Message Preview page.

Use the Search For field to search and find messages in the inbox. Type the word you are searching for in the Search For field and click Search.

Click the Show Search Options link to search specifically in the From, Subject, or Body fields of messages in the inbox.

To filter the messages in the inbox, select your filtering category in the Filter By drop-down list.

To sort the messages in the inbox, click the icon or title representing the type of sort you want to perform.

You can sort the messages by their priority, whether they contain attachments, as well as by their From, Subject, Date, and Size attributes.

1. Select the check box next to the message or messages you want to delete.
2. Click Move to Trash.

Note Deleted messages are moved to the Trash folder. Deleting messages from the Trash folder removes them permanently.

Folders help you manage your messages by organizing them into groups. Your folders are listed in the Folder drop-down list and in the Folder List pane if it is set to display. You have the following folders by default:

• Inbox
• Drafts
• Sent Mail
• Trash

You can add folders to this list as needed.

In the inbox, click the folder’s name in the Folder List pane or select the folder from the Folder drop-down list.

In the inbox, click Folder Management.

1. On the Folder Management page, click New Folder.
2. Select the Folder Type.
3. Enter a Folder Name.
4. Assign the folder a Parent Folder, if applicable. Choosing a parent folder means that the folder you add nests within the parent folder. Choose "None" if you do not want the folder to have a parent. You can nest folders as deep as you want.
5. Click Save.

The amount of information you can edit depends on the type of folder you are editing. While you can change the name, the parent folder, and delete folders you have created, you can only change the name of system-created folders. You cannot delete system-created folders (Trash, Draft, Inbox, Address Book), nor can you change their parent folder.

Edit an email folder

1. On the Folder Management page, click Edit from the context menu of the folder you want to edit.
2. Update the folder.
3. Click Save.

1. On the Folder Management page, click Reorder from the context menu of any folder.
2. Select the folder you want to move, then click Up or Down to move the folder through the order.
3. Once you have the folders ordered the way you want, click Save.

Note The Reorder Folders page only lists folders that are organized at the same level (i.e. they are either top-level folders or share a parent folder). To change the nesting structure of folders at different levels (i.e. remove or add a parent association) you must edit the Parent Folder field on the Edit Folder page.

1. In the inbox, select the check box next to the message or messages you want to move.
2. In the Move To drop-down list, select the folder you want to put the messages in.

Click  Delete from the context menu next to the folder you want to delete. You cannot delete system-created folders.

The Address Book lets you to keep an online list of your contacts and organize personal contacts into groups.

Your Address Book options vary according to your permissions. Contacts in the address book are either system generated in the case of course and internal contacts, or user created in the case of personal and external contacts. Depending on your permissions, you might not be able to create personal contacts.

Do one of the following:

• When composing a message, click Address Book.
• Click Address Book from the Folder List pane. Depending on your settings, this pane may not display.

1. On the Address Book page, click Add Contact.
2. Choose a folder to store the new contact’s information in the Folder drop-down list. By default, new contacts are stored in the main Address Book folder.
3. To create a new folder, click the New Folder link beside the Folder drop-down list.
4. Enter the new contact’s information in the appropriate fields. (Fields marked with an asterisk are required.)
5. Click Save.

1. On the Address Book page, select All Personal Contacts from the Filter By drop-down list.
2. Click the First Name or Last Name link of the contact you want to edit from the list of contacts.
3. Update the contact’s information.
4. Click Save.

1. On the Address Book page, select All Personal Contacts from the Filter By drop-down list.
2. Select the contacts you want to delete, then click the Delete icon.

1. On the Address Book page, click Folder Management.
2. Click New Folder.
3. In the Folder Type section, select Contacts Folder.
4. Enter a Folder Name.
5. To make the new folder a sub-folder inside an existing folder, choose the existing folder from the Parent Folder drop-down list.
6. Click Save.

1. From the Address Book page, select All Personal Contacts from the Filter By drop-down list.
2. Select the contacts you want to move.
3. Select a group from the Move To drop-down list.