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Emails are sent through Moodle in a variety of ways.
Many lecturers send out messages to all students on a module via the Announcements Forum.
This will be delivered to your University inbox.
Depending on your personal settings, it may be as part of a once-a-day digest with the subject "moodle.Nottingham Forum Digest "
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each message may be delivered separately: in this case the message will have the short name of the module in its title.
You can change this setting: see How to Change the number of emails Moodle sends you
You cannot unsubscribe from Announcements.
You can also see these messages in the Announcements forum in your module and in the Latest News block.
It is important that you:
Moodle has an internal messaging system and people may send you emails through it.
If you have changed these defaults then something else may happen.
In My Home click into Messages to see your messages.
The popup looks something like this, right at the bottom of your screen:
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For any forums that you are subscribed to Moodle will send you messages when someone posts or replies to you. If you have set Digest as above, then these will come as part of the Digest.
If you ignore enough messages from Moodle your email programme will assume they are spam or junk so check these folders regularly and certainly if you aren't receiving Announcements.
If you find a message that isn’t junk, drag it back to the Inbox or any folder. You can also mark the item as not junk by doing the following:
Click Home > Junk > Not Junk.
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Change the number of emails Moodle sends you
Moodle has an internal messaging system - like text messages. Sometimes staff and individuals will contact you this way.
The message will also be available through Messages in Moodle.
To access all your messages
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You can change your settings to enable these to also come into your email inbox.
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You will now receive emails that look like this (It may be difficult to tell which module they relate to as it comes directly from the member of staff). The subject line will be "New message from \[Person's Name\]" |
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You will now receive emails that look like this (It may be difficult to tell which module they relate to as it comes directly from the member of staff). The subject line will be "New message from [Person's Name]"
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You may also be contacted by email directly from the tutor or staff member about a group you have signed up for using the Signup Sheet. These emails come directly into your inbox individually. You can find more guidance on Booking a session on the signup sheet.
