Email

To access your Brightspace Email, click the Message Alerts icon shown below and click Email.

Composing Email

On the Email tool page:

1. Click Compose.
2. Enter the recipient’s Brightspace email address (ie, username@brightspace.cdli.ca) in the To field. You can click the Address Book link on the right to locate an address.
3. Enter a brief description of your email in the Subject line.
4. Enter your message in the Body.
5. If you wish, click the Spell Checker icon to check for misspellings.
6. Click Send.

Add an attachment

1. From the Compose New Message page, create a new email message as usual.
2. In the Attachments area, click Upload and select the file you want to attach. If you are using a supported browser, you can also drag and drop files from your computer!

Find an email address of a classmate or your teacher

If you do not know the Brightspace email address of a classmate, you can still send them a message by going to your course, clicking on “Classlist” from the Collaboration menu, and clicking on the name of the individual you wish to email.