Hi Arthur,
A building block developed to replace all the email/messaging functions
in Blackboard may be possible, but expensive. However, some functions, such
as the email tool in course sites, can be disabled and replaced with a
custom email solution quite easily. I'm not aware of any such tools in
existence.
There are alternatives to a building block too, but if can alter your
snapshot to use the email aliases then I'd do that.
Matt
On 31/10/06 14:52, "Arthur Loughran" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi,
> Currently we assign an email address to students with the format
> [log in to unmask]
>
> We recently had a few complaints from staff that some students are not
> identifying themselves and hence the staff member has to either look up
> the name from a class list (using the B40065432 as a match) or send a
> reply asking the student to identify themselves.
>
> I have conducted a straw poll of staff and whilst they state that this
> does occur it is neither frequent nor a "real" problem.
> Although we have aliases they are not used in Blackboard, though we are
> debating that option.
>
> However a way round this would be to have a Building Block that
> attached the student name to any email/message from Blackboard. I would
> be grateful if list members could advise if this type of Building Block
> has been developed?
>
> thanks,
> Arthur
>
>
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