Relevant to Moodle 34.6 1 from July 2019 December 2023 onwards
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Once you have created Groups in your module you may need to send a message just to your group rather than all participants...here's how. |
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You need to have created the Groups the Groups within your module before this will work. Follow the steps in How to create groups and groupings
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to do this. Below we outline the steps needed to message/email those groups once you have set them up.
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Note: By setting Force group mode to "Yes", the setting you choose (e.g., Visible or Separate groups) will automatically be applied to any new Activities you create (not to activities created prior to the change) therefore make sure you change the settings for each activity if you require it to be different.
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This process sends a message to the students through Moodle's internal instant messaging system.
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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.
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2. To choose a particular group to send a message/email to
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, 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
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list of participants will update to show only the participants relevant to this group.
4. Either select the individual groups members (via check boxes)
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or check the box above the list of all participants to select them all.
5. "With selected users...
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" drop-down box choose
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'Send a message
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This process sends a message to each student. They receive it as...
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There is NO subject or module context on the message - is it sent from one person (teacher) to another (student) so you should unclude include the name of the module in the message to give it a context.
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