Frequently Asked Question
'Messages' is the internal Plato mail tool. All mail is sent, received, and stored within your course. Using Plato Messages you can communicate with other users enrolled in the same course, but not with the Internet public at large.
Messages are course-specific, so each course will only contain messages specific to that course, rather than messages from all courses. There is no 'email address' associated with this message tool. You can send and receive messages in plain text or HTML format, but you cannot attach any files.
To READ a message in your class...
- Click into the Communications area on the left sidebar in your course.
2. Click into the Messages Tool.
3. Click the word 'Inbox' for received messages or the word 'Sent' for sent messages.
4. Click the Subject line text to view the message.
5. Here you can Reply to Sender or Reply all from the Reply button, Forward or Delete the message. And of course, READ the message down below. Click OK on the very bottom right to get back to your Inbox.
To send a new message:
Click CREATE MESSAGE above your messages.
Click the 'TO' button under Recipients. Click on the names of the people that you would like to send your message to. Click the right arrow to move them into the Recipients box. To remove recipients, select their names in the box on the right and click the left arrow. Anyone in the Recipients box will receive your message in their Inbox.
Scroll down to fill in the message SUBJECT and the BODY of your message.
Then click SUBMIT.
INSTRUCTORS!** Please note you can only attach from your Content Collection in Plato (not from your computer) on a new message in the MESSAGES tool, and there is no attachment option on the reply. For assignment submission an ASSIGNMENT DROP BOX should be used. **