Messaging: Difference between revisions

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Unless disabled by the administrator (in Advanced features), teachers, students and other users may send and receive private messages via Moodle. This is in addition to receiving notifications about assignments, forum discussions etc.

A number at the top of the screen reflects the number of people who have sent new messages.
Clicking the icon displays the messaging drawer, divided into starred messages, group messages and personal messages.
Contacts and contact requests may be accessed from the Contacts link.
A star may be added by clicking the three dots when viewing a message
Clicking the cog icon displays privacy settings, notification preferences and the option to press enter to send messages.

Deleting messages

Messages may be deleted by clicking them, ensuring they are selected (with a visible checkmark) and then clicking the bin/trash can icon at the bottom of the messaging drawer.
Note that messages are only deleted for that particular user, not others involved in the conversation.

Restricting who can message you

By default when clicking the cog icon, a user has the option to restrict messages to their contacts only or to their contacts and others in their courses.
However the administrator can enable site wide messaging, thus giving visibility to all users, from a setting in Advanced features.

Group messaging

A teacher or user with the capability moodle/course:creategroupconversations can enable group messaging when setting up a course group. The group will then appear in the group messaging section of the messaging drawer.

Sending a message to selected course participants

A teacher can send a message to course participants as follows:

Go to the Participants page.
Select participants from the list or use the "Select all" button at the bottom of the list.
Choose "Add/send message" from the "With selected users..." drop-down menu.
Assuming you are satisfied with the message, click the "Send" button.

Administrators can also send a message to users in many courses via Bulk user actions.

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 {{More features}}
-"Messaging" refers both to  automatic alerts from Moodle about new forum posts, assignment submission notifications etc, and also to  conversations using the instant messaging feature.
+{{New features}}
-==Message alerts==
+Unless disabled by the administrator (in Advanced features), teachers, students and other users may send and receive private messages via Moodle. This is in addition to receiving [[Notifications|notifications]] about assignments, forum discussions etc.
-*Users can receive message alerts from Moodle in a number of ways and for a number of reasons: users may for instance receive instant messages via the [[Messages block]]; students may be messaged by their course tutor via the [[People block]]; teachers might receive automatic notifications of assignment submissions and admins might receive notification of problems with the site.
-*How these messages and others are received can be set by each user from the Messaging link in their profile. Check  boxes allow the user to select how they wish to be notified of incoming messages. See [[Messaging settings]] for more information.
-[[File:Messaginginprofile.png]]
+{{MediaPlayer | url = https://youtu.be/Zj11aernOC8 }}
-==Instant messaging==
+[[File:36newmessagingdrawer.png]]
-*If enabled for the site, users in Moodle have the option to send each other messages. Messages can be sent from the following places:
-**as admin in [[Bulk user actions]]
-**as a teacher from the [[People block]]
-**as any logged in user from the [[Messages block]] or [[Online Users block]]
-**as any logged in user by clicking on the profile of another user (if admin has allowed profiles to be viewed)
-[[File:Sendamessage.png]]
+*A number at the top of the screen reflects the number of people who have sent new messages.
+*Clicking the icon displays the messaging drawer, divided into starred messages, group messages and personal messages.
+*Contacts and contact requests may be accessed from the Contacts link.
+*A star may be added by clicking the three dots when viewing a message
+*Clicking the cog icon displays privacy settings, notification preferences and the option to press enter to send messages.
-*To set how you receive instant messages, see [[Messaging settings]]
+[[File:36messagingprivacysettings.png]]
+==Deleting messages==
+*Messages may be deleted by clicking them, ensuring they are selected (with a visible checkmark) and then clicking the bin/trash can icon at the bottom of the messaging drawer.
+*Note that messages are only deleted for that particular user, not others involved in the conversation.
+[[File:deletemessage.png]]
+==Restricting who can message you==
+*By default when clicking the cog icon, a user has the option to restrict messages to their contacts only or to their contacts and others in their courses.
+*However the administrator can enable site wide messaging, thus giving visibility to all users, from a setting in Advanced features.
+==Group messaging==
+* A teacher or user with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/course:creategroupconversations | moodle/course:creategroupconversations]] can enable group messaging when setting up a course group. The group will then appear in the group messaging section of the messaging drawer.
+==Sending a message to selected course participants==
+A teacher can send a message to course participants as follows:
+# Go to the Participants page.
+# Select participants from the list or use the "Select all" button at the bottom of the list.
+# Choose "Add/send message" from the "With selected users..." drop-down menu.
+# Assuming you are satisfied with the message, click the "Send" button.
+Administrators can also send a message to users in many courses via [[Bulk user actions]].
 ==See also==
+*[[Notifications]]
+*[[Messaging settings]]
 *[[Messaging FAQ]]

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