Matt Litchford

Moodle - Sending a Message

by Matt Litchford - Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 10:11 AM
 

The messaging feature in Moodle allows you to send a message to another user within Moodle. You can send messages to other students or to your instructor. The recipient will receive a notification in Moodle as well as an email with your message.

Sending a Message
Step 1

Go to the My Course tab and then the course where the user you want to message is enrolled.

Image of My Courses

Step 2  Click on the Participants list.

Image of a sample course - Sandbox, with participants highlighted

Step 3 Click on the name of the person(s) you want to message.

Image of example users

Step 4 Then, use the drop-down menu near the bottom of the page next to With selected users... to choose Send a message.

Image of the dropdown with Send a Message highlighted

Step 5 In the resulting pop-up, type your message and click Send message to... people.

Image of the Send a message dialog


Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Moodle Assistance")

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