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ANGEL 7.4 – USING ANGEL MAIL

Composing a Mail Message

1) From your course, click on the Communicate Tab

2) Find the Course Mail nugget and click on View Inbox

3) Click on Compose Message

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4) Click on To

5) Choose your recipient by clicking on the box next to the option or the name (see below for an
explanation of each option)
Note, this applies to just the class you are in (as noted in the source pull down)
a. All Course Faculty: Only the faculty/course editors of this class
b. All Course Individuals: Students and Faculty
c. All Course Students: Students only
d. To send to an individual person, click All Members to see a listing of everyone in the
course

6) Press the To-> button. This will populate the large to window with the intended recipient(s) of
the message

7) Press OK. This will return you to the compose window

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8) Type in the subject of the message in the subject area and the body of the message in the body
area.

9) Other Options
a. Click on Attach Files to upload an attachment. This feature works just like your hotmail,
LWTC, etc email.
b. Message Options
i. Send a copy to each recipient’s Internet e-mail: This allows the message to go
to the email address on file with ANGEL. It is one way to insure the students see
those urgent emails like “class is cancelled” or “campus is closed” without
having to log into ANGEL.
ii. Send a copy to each recipient’s mentor if known: LWTC does not use a mentor
system in ANGEL. This option can be ignored.
10) Press Send to send the email message.

NOTE: DO NOT USE QUICK MESSAGE. THIS IS NOT GUARENTEED TO WORK. We have received
reports of the send button not appearing or messages not sending once send was sent.

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ANGEL Mail Navigation/Explanation

This section just explains the options and features seen in ANGEL mail.

When you enter ANGEL mail, you’ll see something similar to the image below. All sections will be
broken out into separate images for explanation purposes.

Options, System Folders, Customized Folders

Options: these are actually just as worded

Show Unread only: I have several emails in my inbox, I don’t filter

them into separate boxes; all I want to see is the new (unread)
messages.

Group by Source: If you are looking at your inbox as a whole, it

will separate your personal mail (messages sent directly to you)
from your course mail

System Folders

Drafts: As worded, emails that were saved but never sent

Inbox: Newly received messages – how many read/unread
Sent: messages you’ve sent – how many read/unread
Trash: Messages you’ve thrown away/deleted

My Folders: Customized filing system the user has created for sorting
through their old email messages

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Mail Navigation
List of emails, just as your standard email box --from left to right
Select messages (below the green check mark)
Message Status: Read or unread
Paperclip: Attachments
To: Who the message was to/from
Subject: What the subject of the message was
Source: How it was sent to you (personal vs. course)
Date: Date sent

Top mail bar in navigation options

Action: See above
Search: Search for a key word, person, etc in all of the messages in that box
Source Filter: Switch between classes

Mail Actions
When messages are selected (checkboxes on the far left), you have the following choices of what to do
with those messages
Move to folder: Lets you choose where to move the message to
Delete: as described
Mark as Read: as described
Marked as Unread: as described
Message Read by: Useful if sending messages to numerous people. It lists the people who have
or have not read a message

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Options for Selecting Mail Messages

These are just as labeled. You can access these options by clicking on the green checkmark.

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