Comments on: How to email all the students in your class with only two clicks of your mouse http://divisbyzero.com/2010/01/27/how-to-email-all-the-students-in-your-class-with-only-two-clicks-of-your-mouse/ A blog about math, puzzles, teaching, and academic technology Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:59:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dave Richeson http://divisbyzero.com/2010/01/27/how-to-email-all-the-students-in-your-class-with-only-two-clicks-of-your-mouse/#comment-1019 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:43:22 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=2535#comment-1019 Even better. Thanks.

I actually had this same thought, but thought that I’d have to write some complicated javascript to make a bookmarklet. But you’re correct, just putting the mailto link (even with the extra cc, bcc, etc. stuff in it) in bookmark bar works perfectly. I just made a pull-down folder in my bookmark bar with all my lists. Works great.

]]> By: David http://divisbyzero.com/2010/01/27/how-to-email-all-the-students-in-your-class-with-only-two-clicks-of-your-mouse/#comment-1018 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:35:18 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=2535#comment-1018 You could also drag the url to your bookmarks in your browser and turn it into a bookmarklet, although I recommend removing the onclick stuff.

Then it would be a 1 click email if you had your browser open already (which most of us do 95% of the time right?).

]]> By: Dave Richeson http://divisbyzero.com/2010/01/27/how-to-email-all-the-students-in-your-class-with-only-two-clicks-of-your-mouse/#comment-1017 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:16:38 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=2535#comment-1017 Got it. Thanks!

]]> By: Ben Padula http://divisbyzero.com/2010/01/27/how-to-email-all-the-students-in-your-class-with-only-two-clicks-of-your-mouse/#comment-1016 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:45:14 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=2535#comment-1016 Just get rid of the single quotes that I used to introduce the onClick attribute. It might still work with them in there, but it’s not technically correct syntax.

]]> By: Dave Richeson http://divisbyzero.com/2010/01/27/how-to-email-all-the-students-in-your-class-with-only-two-clicks-of-your-mouse/#comment-1015 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:57:14 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=2535#comment-1015 Ben, thanks! Your first suggestion worked perfectly. I’ll update the post right now.

]]> By: Ben Padula http://divisbyzero.com/2010/01/27/how-to-email-all-the-students-in-your-class-with-only-two-clicks-of-your-mouse/#comment-1014 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:33:27 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=2535#comment-1014 You should be able to add something like ‘onClick=”javascript:window.close();”‘ ….this should take care of the closure.

If it doesn’t quite work right, it may require a separate JavaScript function that starts a one-second timer to allow appropriate time for the “mailto” action to work.

Also, I’m PRETTY sure onClick is a permitted attribute for the anchor element, but I’m not 100% sure.

What I AM certain of is my own laziness for not answering all of these questions before posting (:

]]> By: Dave Richeson http://divisbyzero.com/2010/01/27/how-to-email-all-the-students-in-your-class-with-only-two-clicks-of-your-mouse/#comment-1013 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:01:18 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=2535#comment-1013 Oh, really? Good to know. Thanks!

]]> By: rburke202 http://divisbyzero.com/2010/01/27/how-to-email-all-the-students-in-your-class-with-only-two-clicks-of-your-mouse/#comment-1012 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:32:58 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=2535#comment-1012 This should also work if your default email client is Gmail. So the email client doesn’t necessarily have to be installed on your computer.

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