Relevant to Moodle 4.1 from December 2023 onwards
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You need to have created the Groups within your module before this will work. Follow the steps in How to create groups and groupings to do this. Below we outline the steps needed to message/email those groups once you have set them up.
This process sends a message to the students through Moodle's internal instant messaging system.
1. To open the Participants List, click the 'Participants' link on the sub navigation menu on your Moodle site. You can now see a list of everyone enrolled on the module.
2. To choose a particular group to send a message/email to, use the filter settings above the list of participants. Here you can select users in a certain group by choosing 'By Group' and selecting the group you want to contact. Click 'Apply filters'.
3. The list of participants will update to show only the participants relevant to this group.
4. Either select the individual groups members (via check boxes) or check the box above the list of all participants to select them all.
5. "With selected users..." drop-down box choose 'Send a message'
This process sends a message to each student. They receive it as...
1. If they are ONLINE it pops up as a message and goes into their Messages folder.
2. If they are OFFLINE then it goes into their messages folder and is sent as an email.
How instant messages are received is governed by the individual's profile settings. See Help sheet on How to use Moodle messaging for more information
There is NO subject or module context on the message - is it sent from one person (teacher) to another (student) so you should include the name of the module in the message to give it a context.
The following other resources are also relevant to this topic:
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