Course distribution lists include the email addresses of the instructor(s) and all students enrolled in a specific section of a course for a given term.
Course distribution lists are automatically available through Microsoft Outlook and are updated nightly throughout the semester from data supplied by the Registrar's Office. New semester lists become available during the course registration period.
To ensure student privacy no one can see the membership of a course distribution list.
About Course Distribution Lists
Who Can Use a Course Distribution List?
Only the course instructor can send messages to their Course Distribution list. The instructor must be a member of the Course Distribution list and the email must be sent from their UWSP account.
Naming Convention For Emailing a Course Distribution List
A course distribution list name begins with the curriculum abbreviation, followed by the course number, section and semester/year in parenthesis.
Examples:
- SOC 101 SEC 01 (Summer 2019)
- MUS 221 SEC 01 (Spring 2019)
See information including naming conventions for other distribution lists.
Add a Course Distribution List to an Email
Remember to add all distribution list sections of the course including graduate sections and sections of cross-listed courses!
Email a Course Distribution List in the Outlook Desktop App
- Open Outlook and create a new email message.
- Click the To... button to open the Select Names dialog box.
- In the Select Names box,:
- Type the curriculum abbreviation and course number into Search
- Select the correct section and semester.
- Click To.
- Click OK.
Email a Course Distribution List in the Outlook Web App
- Open your UWSP email in a web browser, create a new email, and click To. The Add recipients box opens.
- At the left in the Add recipients box select Courses.
- At the top right, in the search begin typing the course abbreviation and number.
- Click the plus, " + ", to the right of the course list to add.
- At the bottom right click Save.