Messaging Student Reminders

If you want to send a message to students who have not completed a specific activity, you can use the Open Reports tool to do so.

Step 1 Begin by clicking on OpenLMS and selecting Open Reports on the dropdown. OpenLMS dropdown with Open Reports highlighted
Step 2 Using the Course Reports drop-down menu, choose "Exception Reports." Course Reports drop-down, Exception Reports highlighted
Step 3 Next, choose the type of report you want to show. (For this tutorial, we'll use "Assignment Submissions," but you could also use "Quiz Submissions" or "Forum Posts," for example.) Select the report drop-down, and assignment submissions are highlighted.
Step 4 On the resulting screen, choose the filters to choose the activity, then click Generate report. Filter options list for reports.
Step 5 When the screen refreshes, you'll see a list of students who have not completed the activity.
Using the boxes under Select, select the students whom you wish to message.
Student list from report
Step 6 Next, using the Action drop-down menu, choose "Send message to student." Action drop-down with Message highlighted
Step 7 A box will pop up, where you can type in the message. When you have completed the message, click Send message. Message box with student list
Step 8 Finally, you will see a message that indicates you were successful. Confirmation message


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