Is there a way for a Moodle system administrator to email all moodle users?
Thanks!
Peter
Under Site > Administration, select Users > Accounts > Bulk User Actions. Then click Add all button under Selected user list. Finally, use the With selected users... dropdown menu and select Add / send message.
You'll have then the opportunity to write your message and send it.
Thanks for the suggestion, Nicolas.
I am running 1.9.1.
With the selected users, my dropdown menu says:
Confirm
Delete
Display on Page
Download
It does not show the option for send message.
I am running 1.9.1.
With the selected users, my dropdown menu says:
Confirm
Delete
Display on Page
Download
It does not show the option for send message.
Hi Peter,
Please upgrade to current moodle version (1.9.7) and you will see this:
Please upgrade to current moodle version (1.9.7) and you will see this:
Im using 1.9.7 and this option is not showing. Any ideas?
EDIT: I can see it inside a course (going to "participants"), but not from Administration menu, inside bulk actions.
EDIT: I can see it inside a course (going to "participants"), but not from Administration menu, inside bulk actions.
This is what you should see. Please attach a screenshot so that we can see what you are seeing instead.
Hi Jon,
You need to have site-wide Messaging enabled in Site Administration > Security > Site policies in order for it to appear as an option in bulk user actions (source: Bulk user actions).
You need to have site-wide Messaging enabled in Site Administration > Security > Site policies in order for it to appear as an option in bulk user actions (source: Bulk user actions).
Thats the solution. Thank you very much!
Thanks, Helen, for this piece of information thanks to which I've finally realized that the "email/message all users" feature works differently at site level for admin than at at course level for teachers.
At Course level
- teacher selects a number of users (usually students) (from the Participants list) and selects Add/Send message from the dropdown list...
- if Administration ► Security ► Site policies Enable messaging system is set to Yes, those messages will be available to the students when they enter the course
- if Administration ► Security ► Site policies Enable messaging system is set to No, those messages will be sent to the students' email address
At site level
- admin selects a number of users from Administration ► Users ► Accounts ► Bulk user actions
- if Administration ► Security ► Site policies Enable messaging system is set to Yes,
- the dropdown list With selected users... displays the Add/Send message option
- those messages will be available to the users when they enter the course
- if Administration ► Security ► Site policies Enable messaging system is set to No,
- the dropdown list With selected users... does not display the Add/Send message option...
- if Administration ► Security ► Site policies Enable messaging system is set to Yes,
Conclusion, in response to the OP's question: it looks like is is not possible for an admin to e-mail all (or a selection of) users on a moodle site.
This looks like a bug. Helen (and others) what do you think?
Hello,
Is Joseph correct when he states:
At site level
- admin selects a number of users from Administration ► Users ► Accounts ► Bulk user actions
-
- if Administration ► Security ► Site policies Enable messaging system is set to Yes,
-
- the dropdown list With selected users... displays the Add/Send message option
- those messages will be available to the users when they enter the course
- if Administration ► Security ► Site policies Enable messaging system is set to No,
-
- the dropdown list With selected users... does not display the Add/Send message option...
I would like the site level to email everyone i pick in the bulk action. He states above :
those messages will be available to the users when they enter the courseIs this correct or does it send it to their email address?
Thanks
Doug