How to send a message
Write to people you teach or administer, without seeing their email address.
Last updated 12 October 2026
What you will learn
- How to send a message
- What the folders are
Messages is the internal mailbox. You can write to the people you teach and are taught by, and to administrators.
Step 1. Click Messages in the left-hand menu.
Step 2. Click Compose.
Step 3. Choose who to write to, type a subject and your message.
Step 4. Send it.
- Inbox
- Messages sent to you.
- Starred
- Messages you have marked to come back to.
- Sent
- Messages you have sent.
- Drafts
- Messages you started but have not sent.
Nobody's email address is shown
Messaging works by name. No email address is shown or shared, in either direction.
What you should see
The message appears in your Sent folder and in the recipient's inbox.