4. Type your message into the message box:

5. Take a look at the currently selected users list at the bottom of the page. You can remove users you accidentally selected on the previous screen by pressing the remove button next to their name.

6. When you are happy with your message, press the Preview button.

7. If you want to make changes press the Update button. If you are happy then press Send.

8. That's it: we're done!

We've just sent out a message to all of our students welcoming them to our course. Sending a message to students is easy: you simply choose the students you want to message from the list of course participants.