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Forward Private Messages to Your Email Address

You can enable email notification of private messages for any class section.

  1. From the menu bar, click Communication.

    If needed, select a class.

  2. Expand Private Messages and click Messages.
  3. Click Settings in the top right corner of the message list.
  4. Select Forward Private Messages to my Email.
  5. Click Apply.

When you receive a new message in WebAssign, you will also be sent an email notification about the message.

Important You can't respond to your student's message by replying to a notification email.

To respond to your student's message, sign in to WebAssign and navigate to the message on the Communication page.

Note To disable email push notifications, click Settings  > Forward Extension Requests to my Email if the check box is selected.