Email within D2L
How Do I Send Emails in D2L Brightspace?
To email your instructor or peers in your class(es), visit the D2L Classlist. The Classlist also gives you the ability to see who is enrolled in your class and who is currently online. You can find the Classlist in the Course Resources tab.
Can I View my Pima Gmail from inside D2L?
Yes! Read the steps below to link D2L to your Pima Gmail. Linking is entirely optional. If you chose to link, you will be able to view your Gmail from within D2L. Also, emails you send from within D2L Brightspace will be sent from your PCC assigned Gmail account.
Link your D2L and PCC Gmail accounts
To link your PCC Gmail within D2L Brightspace you must authorize the “Access Google Workspace” widget in D2L Brightspace. When you authorize the account, it will connect to your PCC Gmail account assigned by the College. It will show the number of unread messages and link to your Inbox.
Log in to D2L Brightspace
Locate the Access Google Workspace widget (If your course does not have it on the homepage, visit the OOL100. You will find the widget on the OOL100 homepage.
Click "Link to your Google Workspace account"
Enter your MyPima username
Click "Link Account"
Select "Authorize"
Access Email using the Access Google Workspace Widget in D2L Brightspace
After you have completed the steps above, you can access your Gmail from the Access Google Workspace widget. Click Unread Mail.
Using Email within D2L
Email Other Students using the Classlist Tool
On the course home page, click Classlist which is found on the dropdown menu for Tools.
Do one of the following:
Click Send Email from the context menu of the learner you want to contact.
Select the checkboxes for every learner you want to email, then click Email.
Compose your message and add any attachments.
Click Send or Save as Draft to send at a later date.
Here's a video showing the email tools.
D2L Brightspace Email_Captions.mp4Is D2L Brightspace integrated with Pima's Gmail?
Yes. Read below for background on this transition.
As of May 29, 2018, Pima Community College integrated D2L Brightspace email with Pima Community College Gmail. Instead of two separate email systems there is only one full email system from which students, faculty, and staff can email outside of D2L Brightspace. This full email system provides users with an email account that they can use to send and receive emails to both internal and external contacts. The system automatically populates their address books with contacts from the courses they are enrolled in. Users might be allowed to add contacts of their own to the address book.