Instructors can send an email to the entire class using the Announcements feature. Brightspace course announcements can be created a few different ways:

• from the Announcements widget, click on the “Create an announcement” link to begin composing a New Announcement.
• from the course Navbar, click on “Course Tools” > “Announcements” and click on the “New Announcement” button.

Announcements – Email a Copy of an Announcement to Your Classlist

Instructors can now choose to email a copy of an Announcement to all students on their Classlist when publishing. A new Send Email Copy checkbox appears when creating or editing an Announcement.

When selected, Brightspace emails the full announcement content to all students, even if they are not subscribed to Announcement notifications. Emails are sent to internal addresses when available, or to external addresses if not. Scheduled Announcements will send the email at the time of publication. Learn more about this new feature at Announcements – Email a copy of an announcement to your Classlist.

Primary Campus Affiliation & Email Address in Brightspace

Please make sure your primary campus affiliation and email address are set to Purchase College so that you can receive emails and notifications to your purchase.edu email address. 

Please note that each student and instructor can manage their own Brightspace notification settings. To do this, click on your name in the upper right corner and click “Notifications.” By default, you will receive an email notification when a new Announcement is made or updated. Check the appropriate box to receive notifications for those actions. Remember to click on the “Save” button when you’re done. More about Notifications can be found at the “Change personal settings in Brightspace” official Brightspace Community documentation.

More information about how to create a welcome message using the Announcements widget can be found at Brightspace’s official help documentation.

Link to this FAQ: How do I send an email to the entire class using the Announcements feature forum in Brightspace?