- Click on [Classlist] in the main navigation bar
- Check the box next to the student’s name or select the box at the top to select all the students in the course.
- Click on [Email] above the box that contains the user names. *The icon looks like an envelope with a blue star in the corner.*
4. In the popup “Compose New Message” window, type the subject of the email in the [Subject:] text box.
5. Type the body of your email in the [Message:] text box
6. OPTIONAL: Click [Browse] or [Choose File] to include a file as an attachment. (a. A second popup window will appear. b. Find the desired file and select by clicking on it. c. The second popup window will disappear.)
7. Click on [Send]
Important: D2L does NOT have a “sent mail” folder, so we recommend you also send yourself a copy!
*Potential Problem Sending Email to Many Recipients
Large-enrollment classes may exceed the 4100-character limit in the address fields.
Problem: If you attempt to send an email message to a large number of recipients from within the D2L, the message may not be sent to all of the recipients. There is a limit of 4100 characters for the string of email addresses (strung together with a semicolon separator) in each of the “To:”, “Cc:”, and “Bcc:” fields in the email composer interface. This typically imposes a limit of 100 to 200 recipients per message sent, depending upon the lengths of the email addresses.
Workaround: Send the email message from the Classlist to only one page of students at a time by checking “Select all rows” and then selecting the “E-mail selected users in a new window on this page” icon.
D2L 10.0 – June 2012