Other Staff Features


Sending Emails

Only a Staff member with Admin privilege can send out emails.  On the Email page you can also view a history of past emails and along with who sent them.

To Send an Email from CMSX:

1. Click the Email link on the Navigation bar on the left side of the page.
2. Fill out a Subject and Message.
3. Select a To option. You can send an email to all students, all staff members, or both.
4. Click the Send Email button to send out the message.
   

To Re-Send an Email from CMSX:

1. Click the Email link on the Navigation bar on the left side of the page.
2. In the list of Past Emails, click the View for Resend button next to the email you want to resend.
3. In the new page, you can edit the subject and message of the email, and choose a new audience to send to. For custom emails, you can also deselect users to send the message to.
4. Click the Send Email button to send out the message.
   

The View As Feature



Staff members with Admin privilege can view the course's Home page as it's seen by another user.  This is useful for diagnosing problems, as well as for making sure your page looks the way you intend.  The following options are available:

Feature	How to Use	Effects
View as Cornell Community Member	Click CU Member on the right corner of the Header bar	View the course's Home Page with the same privileges that a Cornell Community Member has (see Course Setup)
View as Guest	Click Guest on the right corner of the Header bar	View the course's Home page with the same privileges as a Guest (see Course Setup)
View as Student	Enter a NetID where it says Student on the Header bar and click OK	View the course's Home page as a specific student.  You can browse the student side of CMSX as this student and perform actions as the student.

Using the View As feature will open a new browser tab for that view. Click the Staff link on the right side of the Header bar to exit View As mode and return to normal CMSX use, or simply close the new tab.


About CSV Files

Many places in the system allow you to import or export data using Comma Separated Value files.  This is a commonly used format and can easily be viewed and edited using Microsoft Excel.  Basically, the format is used to simply represent table structures using commas to separate columns and return characters to separate rows.  For example,

Column 1,Column 2 Data 1,Data 2 Data 3,Data 4

=

Column 1 Column 2 Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Data 4

When saving a CSV file from Microsoft Excel, make sure you choose to keep it in CSV format.