Send a Moodle Message to students who haven’t submitted an assignment.

Posted on by Rick Barth

This morning I wanted to send a message to those students in my class who hadn’t yet submitted the first homework assignment at Moodle.

A little Googling led to this solution. It requires several steps, but I found it easy once I put it all together. You can see the process from start to finish in this 1-minute video, or scroll past it to see the step-by-step with screenshots.

Find your way to “Reports” and “Course Participation”

From the Gear Menu, Select "More" and then "Reports" finally "Course Administration".
From the Gear Menu, Select “More”
then “Reports” and finally “Course Administration”.

Select the activity and show “Post” actions

Select the activity from the dropdown menu, then specify only Students, and show actions Post. Hit Go
Select the activity from the dropdown menu, then specify
only Students, and show actions Post. Hit Go

Ask Moodle to find the students who haven’t submitted the activity

Scroll to the bottom and "select all No"
Scroll to the bottom and “select all No”

Select “Send a message”

from the "With selected users..." menu, choose "Send a message"
from the “With selected users…” menu, choose “Send a message”
A text entry window pops up with a place to type the message. Hit "Send"
A text entry window pops up with a place to type the message. Hit “Send”

This sends a message to students within Moodle. The students should also receive an email alert.

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