This feature gives the option to regulate each role's message composing permissions.

The Messages tool allows users to send and receive private messages to other site participants.

By default, users may send messages to one or more individual participants.  Users may also send messages to all members of a particular group, all participants in a particular role, or all participants in the site.

The Messages tool is site-specific; messages may be sent only to users in the site in which they are composed, and they may be viewed only in the site in which they are composed and received.  

Note: For instructions on how to add this or any other tool to your site, see How do I add tools to my site?

The Site Email tool allows instructors or site administrators to specify an alias email address which essentially serves as a listserv for the site. By default, email addressed to the site goes to the email addresses of all site participants. All email messages sent to your site's email address are stored in the Site Email tool's archive.

Users can set Preferences in My Workspace to choose how often they want to receive messages that are sent to the email addresses for all sites of which they are a member.  Options include receiving each email individually, receiving messages in digest mode, with all posts for the day sent in a single email message, or not receiving any emails at all.  If they choose to receive no emails, they will be able to view messages within the Site Email tool, if the tool is visible to them in the site.

Note: You cannot use Site Email to send mail to particular individuals. To send messages to individual participants or a group, use either the Announcements tool or the Messages tool.

Note: For instructions on how to add this or any other tool to your site, see How do I add tools to my site?

The Anonymous Feedback tool allows students to post feedback anonymously for view only by their instructors.

The tool is useful for instructors who wish to encourage students to give feedback without identifying themselves. It can encourage comments from students who might otherwise feel reticent about speaking up in class or approaching the instructor in person.

Note: For instructions on how to add this or any other tool to your site, see How do I add a tool to my site?