• Navigate to the desired course on your site.
• Navigate to the Participants list for the course.
• A link to Participants can be clicked within the Navigation block, under the current course menu.
• If the People block is installed you may click the Participants link within it, as well.
  
  
• Check the boxes next to the names of the participants to whom you wish to send a message or click the Select all button at the bottom of the screen to select all of the users displayed.
• From the With selected users dropdown menu, choose "Send a message."
• On the following screen, type the message in the Message body box.
• Remove users from the recipient list by clicking the Remove button to the right of their name at the bottom of the screen.
• Click the Preview button to preview the message as it will appear to recipients.
• If corrections are needed, click the Update button.
• When you are satisfied with your message, click the Send message button.

Use the following steps to ensure that the bulk message was sent successfully.

• Sign into the site as one of the class participants.
• Confirm that a new message is indicated by the Messaging icon.
• Navigate to User menu ► Messages
• Confirm that the first account is listed in the Messages list as a sender of a message to the second test account. Select the first account.
• Confirm that the message "This is a test message to the class." appears in the message thread.