How to send emails without Carlson LMS

The Carlson LMS "Student Roster" link provides you with:

• Student name
• Student email (x.500 email)
• Student picture
• Student Profile
• Total student count *
• Names of students on the waiting list
  

Things you can do here:

• Email students
• Print/Download the Student Roster
• View student pictures
• Review Student Profiles
  

EMAIL

Emails send from LMS go to UMN Email accounts. To send an email, select whom you wish to email:

• ENTIRE CLASS --- At the top of the page select the checkbox to "Select All."
• SECTION --- This option only occurs if there are multiple Sections merged into one LMS/WebVista section. If you have a merged course (e.g., two sections of a class that are joined together), you have the option to send emails to the entire course group or sections individually.
• INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS --- Checkmark checkboxes for single or multiple students.

Note: If you are emailing the entire class, students appear on the BCC: line. This is by design so if a student responds "reply" or "reply to all" the message still only goes directly back to you does not email-the-class.

We recommend composing your message in Word and copy/pasting your resulting full text because the system does not have an auto-save feature.

Emails sent with Carlson LMS are as plain-text. This is for two main reasons: 1) not all students subscribe to HTML email clients (and if students do not use HTML email, they would not see your yellow-highlighted words, etc., and we want to ensure equally transparent communication) and 2) the university web-mail client that all students must monitor is a text-only client. Some suggestions for emphases in text-only communication is to use hard-returns and captive letters - headings for your topics or in your communication content.

How to send emails without Carlson LMS (e.g. using UM Reports, etc)

View Student Pictures

The student pictures are not shown by default. To see student U-card pictures, click on the closed eye image to the right of the word Pictures. To hide the images, simply click on the icon again. Be aware that U-card pictures take some time to load ...

Carlson LMS Student Roster

To PRINT the section roster, select the Print Roster link at the top of the Roster window. The resulting page will stack the students pictures and names in a 4-column view for ease of printing.

To DOWNLOAD the student roster, click the "Download Roster" link. Bear in mind that the Roster is for faculty-use-only. Students do not see pictures of other students in their view.

Notes:

• The total student count is provided for you in the top-right of the Roster.
  
• If your course is a merged class, the total count will be subtotaled for each section so you can see how many students are in each section as compared to the overall course.

Student Profile

Information about the INDIVIDUAL student is available by clicking on the student's name in the Student Roster. Apart from the demographic information, more information about the student's program, majors and the completed Carlson courses can be obtained. If the student is an MBA graduate, the student's resume is also available in addition to the above mentioned features.