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This page has been updated very recently to remove out-of-date information referencing our old mailing list system, lists.carleton.edu. There are additional updates to make, but if If you have questions in the meantime, please contact the ITS helpdesk at 507-222-5999 or helpdesk@carleton.edu or reach out to the Academic Technologists at 507-222-5513. |
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As a reminder, as of 2018 lists are no longer auto-created for all courses. Lists must be requested in the hub. Detailed instructions can be found on the Faculty Course Resources wiki page. |
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What is a class email list?
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If you need more information about either of these options, or deciding which one is right for your class, just contact your computing coordinator.
How do I get one?
Class email lists are automatically created for each class with an assigned professor. If a class you will be teaching has been listed as "staff," then contact your computing coordinator for assistanceYou need to request course lists for each course you wish to have one. You an do so on the hub. Detailed instructions can be found on the Faculty Course Resources wiki page.
How do I use it?
All you need to do is send email to the list address. The list address includes the official 4 (or 2) letter departmental abbreviation used by the Registrar (e.g BIOL, SOAN, FRST, ENGL, CS), the course number, the section number (e.g 00, 52, 01), and a 3 letter abbreviation indicating the term (f, w, s) and the year (99, 01). It will take a form like this:
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As the instructor in a course with a class email list you are automatically the list administrator. You will access all of your mailing lists using your Carleton netid and password (the same as what you use for your e-mail.) As list administrator you can control many features of the list (which we'll cover later) In most cases you won't have to do anything special as list administrator. However, it's possible that a situation may arise where using the list administrator features will be important. Here's the URL: groups.google.com
If it's more appropriate for your particular course your coordinator can arrange to have someone else set up as the list administrator. That person will receive any administrative messages, and will be able to make any of the administrative changes described below.
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