Information for Faculty on How to Email Students using CUNYfirst Faculty Center

Dear Faculty & Staff,

As part of the CUNY enterprise agreement with Microsoft, CUNY colleges are migrating student email to Microsoft Office 365. The format for the new Office 365 student email is the student's CUNYfirst username followed by @student.qcc.cuny.edu. For example, John.Doe12@student.qcc.cuny.edu. The password is the student's CUNYfirst password.

Faculty can use the CUNYfirst Faculty Center or Blackboard to email their classes. Instructions on using either CUNYfirst's Faculty Center or Blacbkoard to email your students is below.

Note: All communication from the College to students will be done only through Office 365.

For further information, please contact the IT Help Desk.

Using CUNYfirst Notifications

Sending an email using CUNYfirst's notification area

Login to CUNYfirst
Click on Faculty Center from the CUNYfirst Menu
If you have not done so already, please update your semester to show the courses you are teaching for the current semester. Click on the Class Roster icon () for your desired course.
You can click on each individual student to email them using your default email application (i.e. Outlook) which will allow you to attach files to disseminate to your students.

You can select multiple students or you can click on notify all students to send a mass notification via the CUNYfirst system.

Keep in mind, this does not allow for attaching a file.

Sending Emails To Students Through Blackboard

Log into your Blackboard Course
Under the Control Panel, Expand the Course Tools menu
Select the Send Email option
From the list, select All Students Users
Once you select your option, you can add Subject, Message, and Attach a file
Click Submit to send your message

Using Blackboard to Send Emails to Students

Help:

If you have difficulty emailing your students or accessing CUNYfirst, call 718-631-6348 Mondays thru Fridays between 9am and 5pm.

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