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title: "Communicating with Students in Ultra Course View"
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This page is for instructors looking to utilize different ways to communicate with students through Ultra Course View.

[Overview](https://kb.uconn.edu/space/TL/26044268884/Communicating+with+Students+in+Ultra+Course+View#Overview:)

[Included in this Section](https://kb.uconn.edu/space/TL/26044268884/Communicating+with+Students+in+Ultra+Course+View#Included-in-this-Section:)


# **Overview**

HuskyCT Ultra Course View has several tools/features that can be used for communication with students. 

- Instructors can communicate directly with students using Announcements and Messages.
- The Calendar visually displays due dates and allows instructors to create events.
- Class conversations can be enabled to open a class-wide communication channel specific to a particular assessment or course content.

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# **Student Communication FAQs**

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<summary>Will my students receive email notifications from my announcements / messages?</summary>

Students have their own notification settings that allow them to choose whether they receive notifications for announcements / messages or not. To ensure students receive an emailed copy, select the checkbox next to **Send an email copy to recipients**.

| Announcement Tool:<br>![Screenshot of Blackboard Send an email copy option](media://bf060a91-80c0-4a45-bd6b-7b0e58e3467f) | Message Tool:<br>![Screenshot of Blackboard Send an email copy option in Message](media://9e38f597-f35d-4a5d-b9e8-5701e188421a) |
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<summary>Should I post due dates for my assignments / assessments in the calendar?</summary>

If due dates have been enabled on assignments / assessments / any content with a due date, it will automatically populate within the calendar. You do not have to add due dates within the calendar.
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<summary>What is the difference between an announcement and message?</summary>

Announcements are intended as one-directional communications that go out to all course users and appear as a pop up for all students when they enter the course. Meanwhile Messages function similarly to emails as a two-directional based communication form.

For more information regarding Announcements please visit: [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TL/pages/26044236184](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TL/pages/26044236184) 

For more information regarding Messages please visit: [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TL/pages/26044629007](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TL/pages/26044629007)
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