Instructors can send messages to selected students from most course reports and from the Gradebook. To select students, click on the numbered icons next to the students' names. The icons will change from grey to yellow to indicate which students are selected. By clicking on "All," instructors can select all students in the report. To deselect a student, instructors click on the associated yellow icon (which turns the icon back to grey).

After selecting the students, click on "Send Message to Selected Students." This opens a message in the ALEKS Inbox; the students' names will automatically appear in the "Bcc" field of the email message. (Since "Bcc" is used, students who receive the message will not know the names of other students to whom it was sent.) After composing the message, the instructor can check the box next to "Mark as urgent," if the message is urgent. When students receive a message marked as urgent, they will see "URGENT Message" displayed above their ALEKS INBOX icon.

NOTE. Instructors can quickly select all the students from one number to another by using the "Shift" key. For example, to select all the students from 1 to 4, they can do the following:

1. Click on number 1.
2. Hold down the "Shift" key while clicking on number 4.