As an Athena administrator, I receive ALL messages as a teacher on courses

sends. I can actually get rid of it by removing myself

from the courses when they are created, but it would be difficult when I need to

help teachers (add students, among others).

Announcements are not a problem, but Messages, because I.

then get an email that says "NN sent you messages 5 min ago" even if

it was a mass mailing to everyone on the course. Then I can not like

administrator determine if it is personal to me (ie requires action).

I WANT to receive emails about new messages in Athena because I am not

logged in to Athena all the time, so I do not want to turn off the feature.

Result: I get lots of messages, especially at the start of the course, which

I have to read (because it CAN be important) but that usually does not touch

me.

Suggested solution:

Alt 1) Change the email depending on whether it is personal or

mass mailing, it could say "NN sent you a group message" or

"NN sent a message to you" to clarify.

Option 2) Provide the option of selectable setting in Athena to include

messages directly in the email (ie generate an email based on

message), instead of having to log in to Athena to be able to

read it."