Messaging in Moodle allows you to control how you send and receive messages and manage your contacts. Like “instant messaging,” the Messaging feature opens a window that allows you to chat with someone in real time or send them a message that they can view when they log in to Moodle (optionally, you can be notified by email when you receive a message by turning on this setting in Messages).
Aside from sending messages to individuals, you can create messages for Groups in a course, and you can choose group messaging to contact multiple individuals across courses. You can also control how you accept messages from others, which can be filtered to anyone from your contacts or anyone in your courses.
So, what’s the difference among Messaging, Quickmail, and Announcements in Moodle? See the below comparison chart for a quick overview and check out the video link to learn more about Messaging in Moodle.
| Features | Messaging | Quickmail | Announcements |
| Message more than one person at a time | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Message individuals across courses | ✔ | ||
| Message the entire course | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Message multiple individuals/groups in a course | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Get notified of message via email | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Save message history | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Include attachments (files, media) | ✔ | ✔ |