You are here: Using Email Instructors can send email to individuals who participate in the course or organization from the Send Email page. Emails can be sent to individual users or to groups of users within the course, such as all Teaching Assistants. Instructors cannot send email to others via the Internet with the Send Email function; however, Instructors can use the Web email function to email via the Internet. 1. Log onto Blackboard at http://bb.elmhurst.edu. 2. Under Courses you are teaching, click the link of the desired course. 3. Click the "Control Panel" button (the bottom-most button located to the left of the screen). 4. To open the Send E-mail page, click Send Email in Course Tools. The following functions are available from the Send email page: Function Description All Users Sends email to all users in a specified course. All Groups Sends email to all of the groups in a specified course. All Teaching Assistants Sends email to all of the Teaching Assistants in the course. All Instructors Sends email to all of the Instructors in the course. All Observers Sends email to all of the Observers for a specified course Single / Select Users Sends email to a single user or select users in the course. Single / Select Groups Send email to a single group or select groups in the course. Single / Select Observers Send email to a single Observer or select Observers in the course. *Please note that when sending email to a group of users, if one email address is incorrect, the email will not get sent to the entire list. Back to Blackboard Help This page was last modified 21 July, 2006 by Jennifer Paliatka .