...about U-Lists
...on using your U-Lists
Q. What are U-Lists?
A. U-Lists are course mailing lists for distributing messages
to all the students enrolled in your classes. Student membership
is based on enrollment data from the Office of the Registrar and
is dynamically updated every other day.
Q. Who can use U-Lists?
A. U-Lists can be used by any instructor of a class offered through
the Office of the Registrar, whether you're faculty, a lecturer, or
a teaching assistant. However, only faculty and lecturers are
authorized to use the U-Lists Registration system. Teaching assistants
must have the instructor of record or their faculty adviser activate
a U-List for them.
Q. I'm a graduate student teaching assistant and I
need to register a U-List. How can I get one?
A. U-Lists are provided only to faculty and lecturers. You'll need to
have the instructor on record or their faculty adviser activate a U-List
for you.
Q. Not all of my students use U-Mail.
Can they use other e-mail addresses?
A. Yes. Students can elect to forward their U-Mail account to any
other e-mail provider. However, whether a student uses U-Mail directly
or forwards their U-Mail to another account, they are required by
the Office of the Registrar to check this account for all official
university business.
Q. Before I send a message to my U-List, I want to
find out how many students are enrolled in each of my courses. Is this
possible?
A. Yes. You can view the enrollment detail for any U-List you've registered.
Simply log in to the
U-Lists Registration
system, select "view or edit my existing U-Lists", and click the course detail
button ( ) for any list you're interested in.
Q. Will students' e-mail addresses be visible
in a message I send via U-Lists?
A. No. Messages sent via U-Lists are handled in such a way that they
appear to have been sent directly from the instructor to the student.
Even the list handling mechanism is transparent - students don't even
see the original U-List address to which messages are sent.
Q. I want to have a discussion list by which any enrolled
student can send a message to the entire class. Is this possible?
A. No. Discussion lists are not supported at this time. We may offer them in
the future if there's sufficient demand. Let us know if you're interested in
this feature.
Q. I have a single class with a number of sections? Can
I create a single U-List encompassing all of my course sections?
A. No. To post a message to several course sections at once, you must register
a separate U-List for each section and then include each of those U-List addresses
as multiple To: addresses in your message.
Q. I have students in my class that aren't yet registered.
Can I add them to my U-List enrollments?
A. No. Because of our dynamic list enrollment updating system it's not possible
to add enrollments to a given U-List. If you have additional students to which
you wish to send a message you'll need to include them as an additional To:
address in your message.
Q. Can two instructors register a U-List for the same course?
A. Yes. There's no restriction on how many instructors register a U-List for
any given course.
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