Communication Tools Overview

This article is for faculty and staff who wish to learn more about the various communication tools available within HuskyCT.

Announcements

• One-way communication tool from instructors to students.

• Added automatically to all HuskyCT sites, but can be removed.

• Announcements are posted in the Announcements section in addition to sending an email version of the announcement to students and a course notification.

• Cannot attach files but can link to content on site.

Email

• A two-way communication tool that uses the University’s official @uconn.edu mail addresses for faculty and students.

• Can be accessed under Course Tools by clicking the Send Email link.

• Responses to emails sent using this tool will go to the original sender’s UConn email address.

• Must be added to the left-hand menu to be used by students.

• Multiple file attachments can be added.

Messages

• Messages is a two-way communication tool that uses HuskyCT’s internal mail function.

• Adding the messages tool will enable you to send mail messages to other members enrolled on the course site, while those messages remain in the Messages mail tool. Users see an Inbox and a Sent box when they access the Messages tool to view or send messages, but they must be logged in to HuskyCT to do so.

• Only one file can be attached.

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