Brain CandyCoursemates Portlet
The Coursemates portlet allows you to view the members of the class and send email to them.
From the course main page, look at the left-hand navigation bar again, and locate the link under “Course Information” labeled “Discussion”.
On the Discussion page, there should be a portlet for the forum and, beneath it, a portlet labeled “Coursemates.” This part of the portlet should say how many people are in the class and how many of them are faculty or students.
To get more specific information, click on the “Coursemates” heading, or the link labeled “Go to Main Screen,” which takes you to the Coursemates page.
This should list everyone in the class, including all the students, faculty, and any teaching assistants that have already been manually added. (If the assistants can’t see any of this or aren’t listed, then they haven’t been added to the class – contact Academic Computing for assistance.)
To show the images of the students, click “Show Images.” To open a new window with a roster formatted for printing, click on “View Printable Roster.” To email one or all, simply check the box next to the names of any or all coursemates you want to email, and then click “Email Selected Members.” To email everyone in the course at once, simply check “Select All” and then click “Email Selected Members.”
