Keep in Touch with your Students

If you are an instructor at Ohio University, you can use our Class Mailing Lists web tool to automatically create and manage mailing lists for classes that you teach.

By default, each list includes your Oak e-mail address and the Oak e-mail addresses of all students enrolled in that class. Adds and drops are processed automatically as they happen, so the list always reflects your course's current enrollment. After the end of the quarter in which the course is offered, the list is deleted automatically.

How the Lists Work

Sending and receiving messages to a class list is simple. When you create a list, the system automatically generates a name for that list that can be used to send mail to everyone on the list. For example, if the generated name of your class mailing list is 'eng100-a01-fal00-list', then the class mailing list's address would be 'eng100-a01-fal00-list@ohio.edu'. When you send a message to that address using your regular e-mail client, everyone on the list automatically receives a copy of your message. Replies work the same way.

Once a list has been created, no special software is needed for sending or receiving class list messages. The list's e-mail address is all you and your students need to know.

Extra Web Tool Features

Once you have created a list, you can use the web tool to:

• view a list's current membership and settings
• add/delete extra members who are not enrolled in your class
• delegate management of the list to one or more other Oak users
• require posts to the list be approved by one or more moderators of your choosing
• specify how long the list will remain in existence after the quarter ends.

Class Mailing Lists Web Tool - Oak ID and password required. Additional help with the tool is available after you log in.