In Brightspace, you can link directly to your course content - including Announcements- directly from Brightspace communications. Send these directly from the Classlist tool to easily reach your whole class.

Video Demo

1. Sign into your course in Brightspace
2. In the nav bar, select Course Admin (if you don't see Course Admin, select More and then Course Admin)
   
3. Select Classlist
4. Select the checkbox near the top left of the Classlist to select everyone, or individually check the box(es) next to the people you would like to email; Then, select Email
   
5. A new message opens in a new window with the select recipients' Brightspace email addresses in the BCC field.
6. Fill in the Subject (when emailing from a class, the Subject will have the prefix of your course name (e.g., ENG 101 >) 
7. Type the body of the message, and wherever you want a link to content from your course (e.g., an announcement, assignment, content), select the text and click the link icon ? in the toolbar at the top (don't select the "floating" link icon as it doesn't have the same options as the link icon in the toolbar)
   
8. Click on the type of content you want to add (e.g., Announcements, Assignments, Calendar, Checklist, Content, Discussions) , navigate to the specific item, and select it to create the link as default
   
   1. OR click the pencil icon to change how the link works (change the link Title and/or Target--open in-- Whole Window; Same Frame; or the default, New Window)
      
9. When your email is done, click Send