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Overview

This document walks through the necessary steps for faculty to send messages to all their students via the SJSU Messaging functionality. Messaging places a customized message to one or more students on their MySJSU account and sends an email notification overnight, letting them know they have a new message waiting.

Send Messages by Instructor

1. Click the Log into MySJSU button (in original window) and enter User ID and password
2. Click Send Messages
3. Click the Add a New Value tab
   • The Message Detail page displays
4. Select the Instructor radio button and complete all appropriate fields:
   • From: This defaults to the sender's name
   • Subject
   • Message Text
   • URL #1, #2: These are optional, and will appear as web address links in the student's message
   • Expiration Date: This field is mandatory. After the message expires, the student will no longer be able to read it
   • Term: Enter or select the term. This is a four-digit number. If you do not know the number for the term, click the magnifying glass to look up the number
   • Instructor's SJSU ID: If you are faculty, this will default to your own ID and cannot be changed. If you are a staff member, you need to enter the instructor's ID number here. If you don't know it you can click the magnifying glass to look it up
   
   Note: Student information has been hidden by the white area
5. Click the Populate button to populate the list of students
6. Once all fields have been completed, click the Send button to send the message
   Note: Use the navigation bar to see the full list of students
7. A Send Confirmation will appear once the message has been sent
8. Click the Return to SJ Messaging to return to the message
   • The Message Detail page displays
   
   Note: This is a summary of the message you just sent
   Note: If you review this information and determine you no longer wish to send the message, you may click the Unsend button. You can Unsend a message at any time, but please note students may have read the message already, and will probably have received a notification to their email accounts that they have a message waiting on MySJSU. These notifications are sent automatically every evening
9. Click Return to Search to go back to the Find an Existing Value page