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Send a message to all course users in Canvas

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Access Canvas

1. Log into the myTC portal.

2. Click the Canvas icon in the top-right corner.

2. Click the Compose icon.

3. A pop-up window will appear.

3.1. Click the drop-down menu to select your course where you want to send your message.

You can filter your courses by current favorite courses, other courses, or groups.

3.2. Select the course.

If a course is hard to identify, change the nickname of the course.

4. Click the Address Book icon.

5. Select the option for all users in the course.

6. To send the message:

6.1. In the subject line field [1], enter a subject line for your message.

If you are sending your message to multiple users, but you do not want each user to see who else was included in the message, click the Send an individual message to each recipient checkbox [2]. If your message includes over 100 recipients (including you as the sender), this checkbox will be selected by default.

6.2. In the message field [3], type your message.

All content is sent in plain text. If you want to include an attachment or media file, click the attachment or media file icons [4].

If you include a URL in your message, the URL will automatically become a clickable link after you send the message.

6.3. When you are finished, click the Send button [5].

7. Your message will appear at the top of your Sent folder. When someone replies to your message, the message will be shown in the Inbox.

You can reply to the recipient or reply-all to everyone in the class.

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