Connect allows you to send messages to students within specific sections of the course or all sections. These messages appear when they sign in to your course.

Post Message

To post a message to your course section(s):

1. Click post / manage student messages from your section home page.
2. The message to students window opens.
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3. Type your new message in the message field.
4. If you have more than one section you can click the checkbox next to other sections you want the message to appear.
5. Click save.  You will see a confirmation message appear briefly before returning you to the section home page.
   
   To see how your message appears to students, click switch to student view link located in the top right of the section home. The date and time you posted the message appear directly after your message.
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   Click switch to instructor view to return to the instructor view of the section home page.

Manage Messages

If you need to remove or edit an existing message:

1. Click post / manage student messages from your section home page.
2. The message to students window opens.
3. Click manage messages next to the post messages tab.
4. The list of messages appears.
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5. To edit a current message, click the blue message text excerpt to edit the message. Click save. A confirmation message appears.
6. To remove a message, click the trash can icon next to the message you want to remove. A confirmation message appears and you are returned to the post messages tab.
7. Click close window to return to the section home page.