About Messaging
Open LMS messaging allows students or instructors to send messages instantly while inside a course. Messages differ from Quickmail emails since messages appear as an alert at the top of the screen on the message icon. The message icon looks like a speech bubble and is located beside your user profile image.
When a message is sent to a user, they receive an alert. The alert appears on the messaging icon as a red box with the number of new messages inside.
When the user clicks the alert, a pop up box appears with the message and a link to create a new message.
Sending a Message
To send a message in Open LMS, click the text bubble icon for messaging in the upper right corner, then click “New Message”. Search for the user you wish to send them message to and select them. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and type your message in the “Write a message…” field and hit send.
Revised: September 2019