Compose a Course Message in Quickmail Communication with students is very important aspect of online learning. Quickmail can be used to compose a course message to your entire course, select groups, or specific users. These messages can be sent immediately or you can schedule your message to be sent at a specific date and time. [...]
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How-To Set Up My Signature in Quickmail Set up a signature in Quickmail so you don't have to type in your full signature to each message. If you haven't already you need to Add the Quickmail Block to your course. Click on the My Signature link on the Quickmail Block. In the Select Signature To Edit drop-down [...]
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How-To Configure your Quickmail block There are a few default settings in your Quickmail configuration that you may wish to change to make the Quickmail block be more efficient. If you haven't already you need to Add the Quickmail Block to your course. Click on the Configuration link on the Quickmail Block. Select Course short [...]
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A great way to start the term is to open a one-on-one communication channel with your students through Moodle's Messaging tools. Begin the Converversation Scroll to the top of your course page (if you are not already there). From the Secondary Navigation click the Participants item. Manually select the students you would like to contact. [...]
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Forum activities are generally used to create an online discussion place. Enter your course and turn editing on. Scroll to the section you want to add a forum to. Click the corresponding Add an activity or resource link. Set up the basics for your forum under the General section: Set the Forum name Enter a [...]
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You can add the Outlook email app to most smartphones and set it up to connect to your student.clackamas.edu email with the following instructions and send, receive and be notified of incoming emails to your account from your smart phone. Be mindful that if you have these apps set up and change your password the [...]
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A Discussion within a forum is the start of a new Topic or the posing of a question that solicits replies from other students and/or your instructor. You can experiment with forums hands-on in our Moodle 101 Self-Guided Student Orientation. You may use Discussions in a forum to: Start a new conversation by posting your [...]
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The Announcements forum (previously called the News Forum) is a special forum for class announcements. This forum is automatically created for each course and for the front page of the Moodle site. By default, it is placed in the top of the center section and only teacher, manager and administrator roles may add posts or reply to posts. [...]
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To keep up with emails coming into your Clackamas email it can be helpful to forward messages to a personal account you check regularly. Another method for easy access of your email is to install the Outlook Mobile App and sync it to your Clackamas account. You will be able to reply to these forwarded [...]
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Forum subscriptions allow you to, via email, stay up to date with the goings-on in a given forum. When you are subscribed to a forum you will be sent an email for each post made to the forum you are subscribed to. This can be desirable for keeping tabs on a conversation or annoying in [...]
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On the occasion that Moodle is down or you otherwise wish to contact all or select students from a course you are teaching you can contact them through Self Service in the myClackamas portal. Navigate and then login to the MyClackamas portal Select the Faculty view (if you have more than one view) Click the [...]
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