Messages
The “Messages” subsystem offers students the following features:
- Send New Course message
- Send messages to registered users within a course
- Reply to or forward messages
- Delete messages
By selecting the “New personal message” function you can send a new personal message to a specific user based on the username he/she has on the platform. Enter the title of the message as well as the recipient user and then type the text of the “Main message”. The process is completed by selecting the “Submit” link.
By selecting the “New course message” function you can create a new message to one or more users enrolled in the course. You first fill in the title of the message as well as the message recipient user. Then enter the text of the “Main message” and attach a file (pdf,docx,ppt) to the message if you wish. The process is completed by selecting the “Submit” link.
A new feature of this subsystem is the way to reply to an incoming message. According to this you have the possibility to reply in a direct way to any message of the course you have received. This task is done by simply selecting the “Reply” link.
In the form that appears, all you have to do is enter the text of the reply to the message, the recipient(s) of the reply and whether or not to attach a file to it.
When you receive a message you can now forward it through the e-class platform to other people who are enrolled in the same course as you. This task is done by simply selecting the “Forward” link. In the form that appears you will have to select the text of the reply the recipients as well as whether or not to attach a file to it. The process is completed by selecting the “Send” link.