Composing Your Welcome E-mail to Students

Part of the Course Readiness process is for faculty to send welcome messages to students both internally, within D2L, and externally, through e-mail.  In light of this, we’d like to know: when you send your welcome messages to students at semester’s beginning, what do you think is critical to convey? 

Below are some suggestions you may include:

-Technical support information, such as tuning up the computer and logging in to the course; Help Desk contact information (888-800-9198); Orientation information
-link to Student Wiki

-checklist of “to-do” student tasks in the first week of class

-instructor’s external contact information (e-mail outside D2L, for instance)

In the CCCOnline Community, we’ve posted an excerpt of a sample welcome letter from Karen Kaemmerling, Interim Coordinator of Training and Professional Development and Social Sciences Division Chair.  Feel free to post your own there, or let us know what you include in your own student welcome message.