Mail

1. Mail

2. Overview • Introduction • Composing • Sending an Attachment • Viewing • Downloading an Attachment • Replying • Deleting

3. Introduction This is the mail icon. Mail is used for communicating between your peers and the instructor. It is NOT like an outside mail provider such as, yahoo.com, hotmail.com, or hawaii.edu, you can only send messages (and attachments) to your fellow students in the course.

4. Mail is typically in the “Communication Tools” section of the course, click to enter. Locating Mail

5. Mail To enter Mail, click on the icon.

6. Mail has default folders and various features to control or add things to them. Mail Overview To compose a Mail message, click “Compose Message”

7. Click the “Browse” button to select who the message will be sent to. Compose Message

8. Compose Message Click to select a member and click the “Select” button. To select more than 1 name hold down CTRL key for Windows or the Apple key for Macintosh.

9. In the “Subject” section click and type in a title. Compose Message

10. In the “Message” section click and type in your mail message. Compose Message

11. Choose the button for “HTML editor” for fancier message formatting such as font color, bullets, etc. HTML Editor

12. Use the formatting options (similar to Word) to add bullets, alter text color, and even spell check. HTML Editor

13. To save the HTML settings on Windows scroll down and selecting “Update”; Macintosh users MUST click the floppy disk icon first, then “Update”. HTML Editor

14. Sometimes you may need to send a document as an attachment. To do this save the document file as Rich Text by selecting “File”, then “Save as”, using the pull down menu for “Format” choose Rich Text Format. Saving Attachment

15. To upload the attached file click the “Browse” button. Sending an Attachment

16. Sometimes you may need to send a document as an attachment. To do this save the document file as Rich Text by selecting “File”, then “Save as”, using the pull down menu for “Format” choose Rich Text Format. Saving Attachment

17. To attach the file click the “Attach file” button. Sending an Attachment

18. To preview your message click the “Preview” button. Preview

19. Preview Click “Close” to exit.

20. To send click the “Send” button. Send

21. Viewing WebCT indicates new Mail with green marks, click the icon to enter.

22. Viewing To view unread messages click the link for “inbox”.

23. Viewing To view a message click the message title. Sometimes a green triangle will need to be selected prior to accessing the link to the message title.

24. Downloading To open the Attached file (if applicable) click the “See Attached” link.

25. Downloading Select the radio button next to the attached file name and click the “Download” button. Choose a location on your computer to save and then open the file via a word application.

26. To reply to the message click “Reply” OR “Forward” to forward to an external mail service (need to input mail address when prompted). Replying Click “Download” to save the message as a text file on your computer.

27. Deleting To delete, select the checkbox next the message title and click the “Delete” button.

28. Refresher • Introduction • Composing • Sending an Attachment • Viewing • Downloading an Attachment • Replying • Deleting