WebCT Mail tool Tutorial

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The Discussions tool provides asynchronous communication between course members.

Click Mail icon from Course Tools.

The Mail window appears displaying the folder list and the Inbox

Sending Messages:

Step 1:Click on the button and the Create Message screen appears.

Step 2: Address mail to recipient in one of two ways:

1) Enter the names in the To: textbox. Use semi-colons to separate mulitiple recipients.

OR

2) Click on button to view the Select Message Recipients window. Select the recipient(s) and then click button.

Step 3: Enter the subject of your message and enter the content of the message. Click button.

Note: You may also copy and paste the contents from a word processing program to the message area of the Message window. This process is recommended for small amounts of text only. If you have a large amount of text then it is advised to post as a file attachment - see Adding Attachments below.

To copy and paste text do this:

a) Open the word processing document. Within your word processor use the Edit, Select All command then use the Edit, Copy command to copy your responses to your computer's memory.

b) Within the Create Message window, click in the message body then use the appropriate key stroke commands to Select All, Edit, and Paste to paste the contents of the message to the message body.

Select All Key stroke commands:

Windows users - hold down Ctrl key and press letter "a" key.
Macintosh users - hold down Open Apple key and press letter "a" key.

Copy Key stroke commands:

Windows users - hold down Ctrl key and press letter c key.
Macintosh users - hold down Open Apple key and press letter c key.

Paste Key stroke commands:

Windows users - hold down Ctrl key and press letter v key.
Macintosh users - hold down Open Apple key and press letter v key.

Adding Attachments:

Step 1: Create message (Steps 1 and 2 above) then click button. The Content Browser pop-up window appears.

Step 2: Click on the My Computer icon. Your computer's file browser or the Upload Files from Your Computer screen appears. Locate and select the files (you may double-click on the file to select them).

See Example

e:

Note:You may repeat Steps 1 and 2 to attach multiple files.

Step 3: Click button.

Reading Messages:

In the example below there is one message in the Inbox

Step 1: Click on the Subject title (i.e., Example message) to see the message.

Note: If a message may contain an attachment. Notice the Attachments: area, with a file (CowdenAssignment1.doc) in this example.

To view or download the file attachment, click View Attachments then click its file name. If you have the application program that created the file on your computer, the attached file opens. (In the above example, you would need Microsoft Word to successfully open the file.)

Replying to or Forwarding Messages: 

After reading a message, you may respond by either Reply, Reply to All or Forward the message.

If you want to reply to the sender of the message, click Reply. If you want all recipients and the sender of the message to receive your reply, then click Reply to All.

If you want to forward the message to a user's Mail inbox, click Forward. The Create Message pop-up window appears.

You may also Print and Delete messages from the Mail tool.

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Developed by Belle Cowden
UNI Continuing Education