Winter 2013
Course Email Lists!
Faculty members who wish to communicate with the students registered in their courses have access to an email
list that is created for each EMU course. The lists are available within EagleMail and contain the email addresses
of all the students registered for a particular course. The lists are automatically updated as students drop or add
the course and are available at the beginning of each term.
To send a message to a course list, login to EagleMail and start a new message. In the TO: address field, type
the address in the following format: CRN.TermCode@emich.edu. CRN is the course reference number which is
usually a five-digit code assigned to each course. As you start typing the CRN, you will see the address as the
system attempts to find the address you are typing in. CRNs may be reused from term to term, so the term code
is attached to distinguish between terms. The term code is the Banner term code and consists of the academic
year and semester code. The academic year begins in the Fall; however, the term code reflects the following
year, for example, the term code for Fall 2012 is 201310. Subsequently, the term code for Winter 2013 is
201320.
To send a message to the
students registered in
Technology Management 615
you would enter the CRN
number, 26876, and select
the section from the
dropdown list.
You will then see the course
title in the TO: field.
To send to the list for a specific section, you must be assigned as an instructor in Banner for the section (multiple
faculty, GAs, or TAs), or registered students. Messages from others are automatically rejected. In addition,
messages to the list must originate from your assigned EMU email address. Messages sent from Gmail, Yahoo or
other third-party email systems are automatically rejected.
Lists will be available at the beginning of each term and remain available for one full semester after their active
semester, so that faculty can use them for post course communication after the course concludes. After the one
semester delay, lists will be removed to minimize confusion caused by having multiple years of lists in the address
book and to avoid technical limitations on the number of lists that can be created in the system. More detailed
information on this functionality is available in the training section of the I.T. web site or directly at:
http://www.emich.edu/training/email/pbasics/pbasics-b-clist.php