--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Sending_Email.tex 2014/04/16 17:49:52 1.8 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Sending_Email.tex 2014/04/17 15:41:10 1.9 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ \label{Sending_Email} -To send internal LON-CAPA messages: +To \textbf{send internal LON-CAPA messages}: \begin{enumerate} @@ -10,20 +10,28 @@ To send internal LON-CAPA messages: \item At the \textbf{Communication/Messages} screen, select \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{mail-message-new} \textbf{New Message}. -\item Type the "username" you want to send the message to. +\item Type the ``username'' you want to send the message to. Please note that +this is not an e-mail address but a LON-CAPA username. -\textbf{Note}: If you don't know the user name, click on the \underline{Select User} link. +\textbf{(*1)} \textbf{Note}: If you don't know the username, click on the +\underline{Select User} link. Another screen will open and you can select a user from the list. +\item Choose the user's domain from the dropdown list if different to your +domain (which is selected as default). \item Enter any additional recipients. -\item Type the \textbf{Subject} in the "subject" text box. -\item Type the message in the text box. -\item If this is a "critical message," select "Send as critical message," -see \ref{Course_Critical_Message}. - -\textbf{Note}: Only instructors and course coordinators can send -critical messages. +\item Type the \textbf{Subject} in the ``subject'' text box. +\item Type the \textbf{message} in the text box. +\item \textbf{(*1)} If this is a ``critical message'', select ``Send as critical +message'', see \ref{Course_Critical_Message}. +\item \textbf{(*1)} Select ``Send copy to permanent e-mail address (if known)'' +to make sure that an external notification e-mail is additionally sent to the +user's permanent e-mail address (if exists), independent from the user's +personal message notification settings, see \ref{Prefs_Notification}. \item Click \textbf{Send}. \end{enumerate} +\textbf{(*1)}: Only available in course context, i.e. with selected Course +Coordinator or Instructor role +