Information Technology at Purdue

Course E-mail Lists

As an instructor on Purdue's West Lafayette campus, you can request a course e-mail list for your course(s). Course e-mail lists are automatically populated with course data from the Registrar and changes will be reflected within 24-48 hours when students drop or add your course. Requests are processed on Monday through Friday, 8am - 5pm. All course e-mail lists are automatically deleted at the end of each semester.

Email Lists Enhance Communication Outside of the Classroom
Course e-mail lists facilitate communication between instructor and students, while protecting identities and e-mail addresses. The "From" lists the senders e-mail address, but the "To" only lists the course e-mail list name. Students do not have access to each others individual e-mail addresses unless an individual student chooses to e-mail the class a message, disclosing this information.

Getting Started
Anyone assigned as "instructor" or "course roster viewer" (as assigned in Banner) for a course AND who is FERPA certified may request a course email list for their course(s). The list will be created and populated with the course roster maintained by the Registar's office.

A Mailman list will be created within one business day of your request (Monday - Friday). Once the list has been created, you will receive an email showing the list name and address. Populating the e-mail list with the course roster will take about 15 minutes after you receive the e-mail notification.

Contact:
If you have technical problems with a course e-mail list, please contact the ITaP Customer Service Center at 494-4000 or by sending email to itap@purdue.edu.