Changes to Email Functions in D2L Brightspace, Effective Immediately
In collaboration with D2L, Minnesota State implemented changes to the email functions available within campus Brightspace sites. These changes were made so emails sent from the Brightspace email tool will only be delivered to classlists or members of current active courses for all users. D2L and Minnesota State made this change to reduce the possibility of unsolicited messages being sent out in bulk (e.g. phish) from Brightspace.
This change will not impact emails generated by the Brightspace intelligent agents tool or those emails sent via Brightspace notifications. Email functions generated by Office 365 Outlook remain unchanged.
Additional controls to email will be made to a limited number of Brightspace course sites that contain a classlist with an entire student population (e.g. all first year students, etc.). In these instances, email functions will be limited to those with the role of an instructor/faculty member.
If you have questions contact Online Learning by emailing support@mnstate.edu or call 218-477-2603 (option 2).