Private Email

Using the private e-mail tool within WebCT will allow you to communicate with other participants in the course. You can send e-mail to the Instructor, Teaching Assistant, or other students.

WebCT’s e-mail is restricted to course participants – you can only send and receive messages from within the WebCT environment. There is an option to forward a copy of your WebCT e-mail messages to an outside account – but in order to reply to those messages you must login to your WebCT course and use the WebCT mail tool.

Viewing Folders

Click on the e-mail icon or link on the Course Menu. A page displaying you e-mail folders will be displayed. Select the folder you with to view by clicking on the folder link.

The menu icons on this page perform the following actions:

• Compose Mail Messages: To compose a new message.
  
• Search: Search for text in a message
  
• Manage Folders: Create, delete and rename e-mail folders.
  
• Manage messages: Move messages to folders, delete messages, or forward your WebCT Mail.
  

Mail Commands

The following screen is displayed when you access the Private E-mail icon or link:

The command options in the mail tools are:

• Return to Mail: Returns to the listing of folders.
  
• Inbox/Select Folder: Lets you select the message folder.
  
• Show All/Show Unread: Show all messages or only those that you have not read yet.
  
• Threaded/Unthreaded: Sort messages by topic or list them chronologically.
  
• Compile: Create a file for downloading containing selected messages.
  
• Select All/ None: Select all messages or de-select the messages. To manually select messages, click on the option box next to the message title.
• Mark Read/ Unread: Mark the selected messages as having been read, or make them appear as unread.
  

Displaying Messages

Messages in the selected folder will be listed below the command options.

The next time you access WebCT mail, the messages you have already read will not be displayed on you screen. Only new, unread messages appear by default. Click on the Show All button to see both old and new messages.
Click on the name of the sender (underlined text) to view the message:

The buttons at the top of the message window give you several options:

If you click on the Reply button, you will be presented with a new window in which to type your reply. Click on the box under Subject and type in your reply. Click Send to post you message.

Attaching Files

You can attach files from you local computer to e-mail messages in WebCT. Click on the Browse button to locate the file on your computer that you wish to attach. Click on the file you want and then click on the Open button. The next screen you see will be similar to the following:

Once you have chosen the file you want to attach to your e-mail message, click on the Attach file button.

• The attachment can now be sent with your message. You can attach further files, or you can delete the attachments if you change your mind about sending them.

• If you receive a message with an attachment, you will see the paperclip icon next to your message. Click on it to see a list of the attachments and then click on the file you want to view.