Get new message alerts via email or pop up. See messages from your teacher and others, about new forum posts, graded assignments and more. Message classmates and instructors directly. You can access your messages from any page using the speech bubble icon. Search for the instructor name if they're not already in your contacts. Unread messages will show here too. Click on the icon to open the messaging drawer. You can control how you receive messages by going to the top right user menu, choose Preferences > Message preferences.