


It is also easy to set up labels in Gmail to filter the incoming email into virtual folders, which may be useful if the same Gmail account is being used for several different math courses at the same time.The number of emails in each conversation is clearly displayed in the Gmail inbox and all new email is at the top of the inbox and has a white (rather than gray) background, so it is easy to separate the new email from the email that has already been answered.This makes it easy for an instructor to see the student's original email, all replies to it by other instructors and TAs, and allows you to add to the conversation. The Gmail inbox is organized into conversations, which means that the student's original email and all subsequent replies to it are kept together in a convenient digest.Multiple users can have this Gmail account open at the same time, and while one user is replying to an email the other users will see the word Draft in red next to that email in the inbox.It is quick and easy to set up, and it is free.This means that student email feedback will be sent only to the gmail account and prevents the feedback from being sent directly to the professors associated with the course. Once you are sure the gmail account is working you can change the "E-mail feedback from students automatically sent to this permission level and higher" drop-down menu to "nobody".Enter your new Gmail email address in the box for Additional addresses for receiving feedback e-mail and click Save changes. Log in to your WeBWorK course and click Course Configuration.Visit and create a new account with a descriptive name such as or If you are sharing this account with other instructors or TAs, choose an easy to remember password.
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Set up a new Gmail account for this email only and share the log-in and password with the other instructors and TAs who will use it. It is difficult to effectively manage the feedback email sent via the email instructor button, especially if several instructors and teaching assistants reply to these emails, or if these emails come from multiple courses. 4 Potential drawbacks of the first solution:.
