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Emailing My Waitlisted Students
How can I email my waitlisted students?
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Option 1- Email Waitlisted Students from Sierra Connect
- There are two ways to get into Starfish
1) Go to https://sierracollege.starfishsolutions.com/starfish-ops/session/casLogin.html and click on Sierra Connect
2) Go to https://mysierra.sierracollege.edu and login. There is a link to Sierra Connect on the main menu.
- Click on Sierra Connect
- From the menu in the upper-left corner, click on the 'Students' option
- Click on the drop-down menu under 'Connection'
- Search for and select the class you wish to email
- Make sure you select the one that starts with 'WAITLISTED_STUDENTS'
- Check the students you wish to email
- If you want to email the entire roster, click on the empty checkbox in the upper left corner. You may need to go the second page to select additional students.
- Once you've selected the students you wish to email, click on the 'Message' button near the top of the screen
- Enter a subject and message in the popup box and press 'Submit'
- If you need to see the waitlist position of each student, you can find that on the Rosters options on the Faculty Menu in mySierra
Option 2- Copy and Paste email Addresses from Banner Rosters
- Log in to mySierra
- Click on the 'Faculty' tab
- Click 'Rosters'
- Click on the term and then click on the "Select Term" button
- Find the class you want to email, and click on the checkbox next to it
- Make sure popups are enabled in your browser
- Click on the Excel version of the roster, download it and save to your desktop. (You may need to rename the file to end in .xls or .csv)
- Open the file so you can get the email addresses. Filter to get only waitlisted students.
- Compose message using your email client, and then send''
Option 3- Copy all email addresses from Banner using one click (may not work in all browsers)
- Log in to mySierra
- Click on the 'Faculty' tab
- Click 'Class Assignments
- Find the class you want to email, and click on 'Waitlist'
- Right-click on the 'Email wait listed students' link at the bottom of the screen. Choose copy
- Paste the email addresses into the email. Compose message, and send''
Option 4- Email students from your email client using a Banner feature (may not work from your personal computer)
- Log in to mySierra
- Click on the 'Faculty' tab
- Click 'Class Assignments'
- Find the class you want to email, and click on 'Waitlist'
- To email one student, click on the email icon on the far right side of the screen. This will open an email in your default email client.
- If you want to email everyone on the wiatlist, click on 'Email wait listed students at the bottom of the screen. This will open an email in your default email client.
- Compose message, and send''