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Question:
How do I send message from canvas Inbox?
Answer:
Students can send messages from the Canvas inbox. Notification are sent to external email addresses. However, to reply to the message, you will have to login to canvas.
- Login to Canvas and go to ‘Inbox’.
![Image with arrow pointing to canvas](https://branded.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=e4788aa8-fe17-4383-b94e-24aa437c3633.png)
- Click on the icon to compose a new email.
![Image with arrow pointing to compose new message](https://branded.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=ec5952b1-e1f1-41e5-8c26-16e8704c3d18.png)
- Click on ‘Select course’ if you are emailing a person who is not part of your group or if you are not a member of a group.
![Image to choose course](https://branded.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=83801111-c4cf-4590-ad9d-757c739c07e6.png)
- Select the Course.
- Click on the contact list icon on the right.
![Image with arrow pointing to contacts](https://branded.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=9ca0649a-ed06-4874-9b9c-730ef3ab90d8.png)
- Choose if you want to send message to ‘Teachers’, ‘Students’, or ‘Student Groups’.
- Select participants you want to send message to.
![Image showing to add contacts](https://branded.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=e2bac66b-b84a-40cd-94d3-6bab6f0f9e05.png)
- Type in the subject and your message and click on send.
- If you are sending message to the group you are member of, Click on ‘Groups’.
![Image of canvas to choose groups](https://branded.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=dc722eeb-5ae7-4404-a77f-24eeeb4baf27.png)
- Click on the contacts icon and add all the members from the group that you wish to send the email to.
![Image of canvas mailbox to add contacts](https://branded.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=35a7ed72-9b55-48f4-93d2-844645fc56b9.png)
- Type your message and click the ‘Send’ icon.
- To reply to a group message in Canvas please go to ‘More Options’ and click ‘Reply all’ to copy all participants in your reply, otherwise only the sender will get your reply.
![Image with arrow pointing to more option and reply all](https://branded.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=0a282d6a-9552-46fc-b793-bbe17e2a3c16.png)
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