Brightspace Content is Getting Upgraded
Beginning with the Fall 2027 semester, Brightspace courses will begin using the New Content Experience by default. Additionally, Instructors now have the ability to enable or disable the New Content Experience in their own courses ahead of the change in Fall 2027. For more information about this transition, see our New Content Experience Transition page.
Instructors are able to email their entire class at once, or select individual students to email. This guide will explain both methods of emailing students.
Updated Fall 2026
How to Email Your Entire Class
1. Log into your course and click Classlist.
2. Near the top of the page, click Email听Classlist
3. This will open a page displaying a list of all your students. Click on Send Email听to begin composing your email.听听听
4. A pop-up window will open, where you can compose your email. Note that students will automatically be populated in the bcc: field for privacy. Once you are satisfied with your email, click Send.
How to Email Individual Students
Scroll to the bottom of your听Classlist听page and select an option that will display all your students on one page. If you鈥檙e not sure, just select听200 per page.
Now that you can see your entire class on one page, you are able to:
- Use the听checkboxes听to choose the student(s) you wish to email.
- Click the听Email听link at the top of the list.听This will open a window where you can compose and send your email.
