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Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Sending_Email.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Sending_Email.tex:1.5 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Sending_Email.tex:1.6
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Sending_Email.tex:1.5	Thu May  7 11:12:39 2009
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Sending_Email.tex	Fri Aug 20 09:12:07 2010
@@ -4,20 +4,26 @@
 
 \begin{enumerate}
 
-\item Click \textbf{COM} on the remote control.
-\item At the \textbf{Communication and Message} screen, select \textbf{New Message}.
+\item Select \textbf{Messages} on the Inline Menu or 
+\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{com}
+\textbf{Send and display messages} on the Main Menu.
+\item At the \textbf{Communication/Messages} screen, select 
+\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{mail-message-new}
+\textbf{New Message}.
 \item Type the "username" you want to send the message to.
  
-\textbf{Note}: If you don't know the user name, click on the Select User link. 
+\textbf{Note}: If you don't know the user name, click on the \underline{Select User} link. 
 Another screen will open and you can select a user from the list.
 
 \item Enter any additional recipients.
 \item Type the \textbf{Subject} in the "subject" text box.
 \item Type the message in the text box.
 \item If this is a "critical message," select "send as critical message" or "send as a 
-critical message and return receipt," \ref{Course_Critical_Message}. (NOTE: Only instructors and course coordinators can send
-critical messages.) 
-\item Click \textbf{Send New Mail}.
+critical message and return receipt," see \ref{Course_Critical_Message}. 
+
+\textbf{Note}: Only instructors and course coordinators can send
+critical messages. 
+\item Click \textbf{Send}.
 
 \end{enumerate}
 
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Distribute_Messages.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Distribute_Messages.tex:1.3 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Distribute_Messages.tex:1.4
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Distribute_Messages.tex:1.3	Tue Aug  7 21:29:16 2007
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Distribute_Messages.tex	Fri Aug 20 09:12:07 2010
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 \label{Distribute_Messages}
 
-Create a file with the specified format to send to your students:
+You can send individualized messages to your students in one go. To this end 
+create a file with the following format:
                                                                                 
 username1@domain1: text
                                                                                 
@@ -12,10 +13,24 @@
 kjohnson123@msu: You received B- on your midterm
                                                                                 
 gsmith98765@msu: Please stop by during office hours so we can discuss your
-grade on your midterm
+grade
                                                                                 
 cblack567891@msu: Congratulations, you received an A on your midterm\\
 
-You can choose to send this type of message as critical.
+To distribute such messages to your students:
+
+\begin{enumerate}
+\item Select \textbf{Messages} on the Inline Menu or 
+\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{com}
+\textbf{Send and display messages} on the Main Menu.
+\item At the \textbf{Communication/Messages} screen, select 
+\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{fromfile}
+\textbf{New Messages from File}.
+\item On the \textbf{Broadcast Message} screen provide a subject and a general message text to be sent to all recipients.
+\item Click on \fbox{Browse ...} and select the file containing individualized messages you have previously created on your computer.
+\item If this is a "critical message," select "send as critical message" or "send as a 
+critical message and return receipt," see \ref{Course_Critical_Message}. 
+\item Click \textbf{Upload and Send}.
+\end{enumerate}