In this article Instructors can view how a student will recieve a Blackboard course message to their UT Rockets email

By selecting the check box to send an email copy to recipients, the recipients will receive the message in their UT Rockets email.

To create a message, please see how to Create a Message.

In Outlook, students will see there is a new message in their Blackboard course, the View Message is a direct link to the course message.

Once in the message, students will see the conversation history and be able to reply to the message.