Messaging Tools and Replace Strings in Brightspace

To post messages and add attachments:

1. On the course homepage, click Create a Post in the Activity Feed widget.
2. Enter a message
   
3. Optionally, add an attachment by doing one of the following:
   • To attach a web link or embed code, copy and paste the link or embed code in the message.
   • Click the attach icon, and do one or more of the following:
     • To upload a file from your computer, click File Upload.
     • To attach a link to course materials, click Existing Activity.
     • To attach a web link, click Weblink.
     • To insert videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and TED, click Video from Web.
       
4. Click Post.

To post messages and add attachments:

1. On the course homepage, click Create a Post in the Activity Feed widget.
2. Enter an Assignment Name and Instructions.
   
3. Enter a Due Date.
   •     If you want this assignment to count towards the students' overall class grade, select the Add to Grades checkbox. 
4. Set the Submission Type:
   • File Submission (attach a file from a computer).
   • Text submission (type directly into a text box).
   • On paper submission (Observed submission via physical copy of a written assignment).
   • Observed in person (Observed submission via an in-person demonstration).
   • Please note: if you select the last two options, you can choose whether to allow your students to mark they have completed work (manually by learners) or you will provide feedback either through providing evaluation (Automatically by evaluation)
      or by a due date (Automatically by due date).
5. Optionally, add an attachment by doing one of the following:
   • To attach a web link or embed code, copy and paste the link or embed code in the message.
   • Click the attach icon, and do one or more of the following:
     • To upload a file from your computer, click File Upload.
     • To attach a link to course materials, click Existing Activity.
     • To attach a web link, click Weblink.
     • To insert videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and TED, click Video from Web.
       
6. Click Post.

1. On the course home page, click Message Alerts in the minibar to the right of the course selector, near your profile icon. 
2. Click Email.
   
3. In the To box, add the email addresses of your intended recipients. 
4. Compose your message and add any attachments. 
   
   • Note: The email message, attachments and the number of recipients in the To, CC and BCC fields count towards the email message size and cannot exceed 20MB.
5. Click Send.
   

1. On the course home page, click Classlist.
   
2. To email one or more learners (but not your entire class), select the check boxes for every learner you want to email and click Email.
   
3. To email all the learners in your course, click Email Classlist.
   
   • To only email learners with accommodations, set your search filter to only display learners with accommodations:
     
     • On the Email Classlist page, click Show Search Options.
       
     • Select the Users with Accommodations check box.
       
     • In the Search for text box, click the search icon. 
       
4. Once you have selected your intended recipients, click Send Email. The Compose New Message dialog box appears.
   
5. Compose your message and add any attachments.
   
6. Click Send.
   

To insert a Replace String into a message, use curly brackets { } where you’d like the text to be replaced with personal user-specific text. Some examples are:

Replace strings can be used in Intelligent Agents to personalize the messaging to your students. In the Intelligent Agents email tool, use curly brackets {} to enclose the string of text.  Some examples are: