The Course Messages enables instructors to keep  course-related communication separate from their general University of  Toledo email messages, and have a permanent record of all messages sent  and received in the course.

The Course Messages enables students to easily read  messages and communicate with their instructors and their peers without  leaving Blackboard (Quality Matters Standard 6.3).

In introducing messages to students, provide guidance regarding etiquette expectations  (QM 1.3), provide specific requirements on how regularly they should  log in and check their course messages and indicate your timeframe for  responding to messages (QM 5.3).