IT Services Course Support
Class Email Lists
Class email lists enable you to send announcements easily to everyone associated with your class. When you register for Email Announcement Lists, IT Services creates an e-mail distribution list of all your students (along with three other email lists described below). This student list is kept up-to-date automatically, using current enrollment data from the Registrar, so you won’t have to subscribe or unsubscribe students as they add or drop the class. Please note that students’ "@stanford.edu" email addresses are the ones used for IT Services class email lists. Students who use another account as a primary email address will need to forward the @stanford.edu address to the preferred address using StanfordYou.
Following are the lists included with IT Services Course Support:
- Created and updated automatically:
- <classname>-<quarter>-students — Example: ee103-win0607-students@lists.stanford.edu
- A list containing only the class students. The student list is auto-populated with information from the Registrar; it cannot be customized.
- <classname>-<quarter>-all — Example: ee103-win0607-all@lists.stanford.edu
- A list containing all members of the “students” list (Registrar-controlled) plus the members of the “staff” and “guests” lists.
- Initially created and populated automatically, but updated manually via lists.stanford.edu:
- <classname>-<quarter>-staff — Example: ee103-win0607-staff@lists.stanford.edu
- A list containing only the class staff members.
- Initially created automatically, but populated and updated manually via lists.stanford.edu:
- <classname>-<quarter>-guests — Example: ee103-win0607-guests@lists.stanford.edu
- A list containing only the class guests, such as invited speakers.
Details
| List Name | Privileges | Subscription | Posting | Populate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <classname>-<quarter>-staff Example: ee103-win0607-staff@lists.stanford.edu |
Controlled by the staff supporting the course. | Closed list. New member subscriptions must be approval by staff supporting the course. | Open. Anyone can send email to this list. | Initially populated automatically from information you provide on the registration form. |
| <classname>-<quarter>-students Example: ee103-win0607-students@lists.stanford.edu |
Membership is controlled automatically. Staff can use lists.stanford.edu to see the names/emails of students on the list. | Initially, closed and locked. Uses student’s SUNetID@stanford.edu address. |
Initial setting is to allow staff postings only. Staff can change privileges via lists.stanford.edu. | Updated daily with data from the Registrar. |
| <classname>-<quarter>-guests Example: ee103-win0607-guests@lists.stanford.edu |
Membership is controlled by staff supporting the course. | Closed by default. Staff can open the list to anyone. |
Staff postings only. | Populated by staff (if closed), or populated by people wanting access (if opened). |
| <classname>-<quarter>-all Example: ee103-win0607-all@lists.stanford.edu |
Limited to course staff, students enrolled in the course, and guests. | Closed and locked. | Staff postings only. | Automatic. |
