Two Ways for Faculty to Email Students in a Class

Faculty can contact students in their classes two ways:

1. Majordomo Class Lists
2. Email Feature of the Class Roster

I. Majordomo Class Lists

Majordomo lists are automatically created for you with your personal CSUN email address, and the CSUN email address of every student enrolled in your specific class section.

• Faculty are notified via their CSUN email account when the majordomo lists have been created for the term.
• These lists are automatically updated each Sunday until census and reflect the current enrollment for the class.
• Since these lists are updated automatically, there is no need for you to maintain the lists.
• In the future, the ability to add non–class members, colleagues or student assistants will be added to provide you with some additional flexibility.
• For your list(s) to be effective, all of your students must activate their campus email account and monitor their email.
• Students may activate their campus email by logging into the myNorthridge Portal (http://www.csun.edu). If students prefer to receive campus email to a non–campus email account such as Yahoo or Hotmail, they may configure mail–forwarding to that account via the account maintenance web site (http://www.csun.edu/account).
• To minimize the potential of your list(s) receiving spam, we have configured it to be a "closed" list. As a closed list, only members of the list may post messages to it. Consequently, your students may send email to this list using only their campus email address.

Using Your Majordomo Class List

The majordomo class lists can be utilized by sending an email message to one of the two email addresses available for your list:

1. The first format is based on the class number and semester. The format follows the formatting of "class[semester].[class number]–c@csun.edu". For example, if you were teaching a class with the class number "12345" in the Fall of 2006, the address to use would be "classFA06.12345–c@csun.edu".
2. The second format is based on the semester, the class name, and the section number. The format follows the formatting of "[semester].[abbreviated class name].[section number]–c@csun.edu". For example, if you were teaching English 101, section 3, in the Fall of 2006, the address to use would be "FA06.eng101.03–c@csun.edu".
3. Any messages sent to this list, will automatically be distributed to the currently enrolled students in the class, each student receiving his or her own copy. The message will show as coming "From" you, through the mailing list (the students will not see the email addresses of the other people on the list).

Need Help with your Majordomo Class List?

This is a fairly new service and we are constantly trying to improve the services offered to the campus. We would appreciate your feedback on how we can make this service more effective for your use.

1. For Frequently Asked Questions regarding Class Lists, please click here or visit http://www.csun.edu/it/helpdesk/hdfaqsfacu.html.
2. If you have questions about how to use your Majordomo class lists, please view a guide at http://www.csun.edu/it/training/guides/majordomo.html or contact the University Help Desk at campus x1400 or send an email to helpdesk@csun.edu.

II. Emailing Students from the Class Roster

Another option that is available to you is emailing your students from the Class Roster.

1. This feature is available by logging into the myNorthridge Portal located at http://www.csun.edu.
2. The View My Class Roster link is located under the Student Administration pagelet on the Faculty tab of your myNorthridge Portal page.
3. Use this link to access the class roster for a given class. Once selected, you have the option of emailing your students directly from the class roster itself.

For more information, please review the Email Students Using the Class Roster quick guide, which is located on the SOLAR Support website located at http://www.csun.edu/solarsupport/  in the Information for Faculty section.
If you need assistance with the class roster email feature, please email solarsa@csun.edu or call SOLAR Support at (818) 677–1000, Option 3.