Communication Options with LATTE
LATTE provides many options for instructors to communicate with their students electronically. Select the tool that meets your need most closely:
- Sending email announcements to the entire class
- Holding a live chat session with entire class
- Sending email to select students and course participants
- Sending email to a single student or course participant
For sending email announcements to the entire class:
Option 1: “News & Announcements” forum
- All students are subscribed by email to this forum by default. (Learn more about forum subscriptions)
- Post to this forum for subscribed students to receive the announcement in their Brandeis email.
Option 2: Quickmail
- Instructor must add Quickmail block to course. (Learn more about Quickmail)
- Select all or a number of students or course participants to receive email.
- Quickmail does not keep a record of any replies.Replies go to the instructor's registered Brandeis email outside of LATTE.
For holding a “live” chat session open to the entire class:
Option: Add a Chat activity to your LATTE course. (Learn more about adding an activity)
For sending an email to a select group of students and course participants:
Quickmail
- Instructor must add Quickmail block to course. (Learn more about Quickmail)
- Select only those students you want receive email.
- Student replies go to the instructor's registered Brandeis email outside of LATTE.
For sending an email to a single student or course participant:
Quickmail
- Instructor must add Quickmail block to course.
- Select only the student you want receive email.
- Quickmail does not keep a record of your correspondence.
- Student replies go to the instructor's registered Brandeis email outside of LATTE.