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# A guide to effective email | # A guide to effective email | ||
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- | ANTH 1001: Anthropology and the Global | ||
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- | Semester 1, 2020 | ||
**tl;dr Send email from your Uni account, use a descriptive subject line (including ANTH 1002), sign your full name, and yeah, you can call us by our first names.** | **tl;dr Send email from your Uni account, use a descriptive subject line (including ANTH 1002), sign your full name, and yeah, you can call us by our first names.** | ||
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We love hearing from students. We do get a lot of emails. Don't be offended if it takes a day to get back to you. Administrative matters should be sent to Ryan, the unit coordinator. You can write to the other lecturers about the content of their lectures; they'd love to talk more about them with you. Tutors are also a good first contact for questions about class, assignments, | We love hearing from students. We do get a lot of emails. Don't be offended if it takes a day to get back to you. Administrative matters should be sent to Ryan, the unit coordinator. You can write to the other lecturers about the content of their lectures; they'd love to talk more about them with you. Tutors are also a good first contact for questions about class, assignments, | ||
- | If you are having problems with Canvas, you can contact the eLearning Helpdesk | + | If you are having problems with Canvas, you can contact the eLearning Helpdesk |
If you write to Ryan, please allow 24 hours for a reply. | If you write to Ryan, please allow 24 hours for a reply. | ||
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## How to contact Ryan and the tutors | ## How to contact Ryan and the tutors | ||
- | Write from your University email address. Ryan will be automatically forwarding email from uni.sydney.edu.au (the student domain) to a special folder. If you write to Ryan from Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL or Compuserve, it will not get read. | + | * Write from your University email address. Ryan will be automatically forwarding email from uni.sydney.edu.au (the student domain) to a special folder. If you write to Ryan from Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL or Compuserve, it will not get read. |
- | Put ' | + | * Put ' |
- | Sign with your full name, and give your student ID. | + | * Sign with your full name, and give your student ID. |
- | Give us all the information we need to answer your query. Tell Ryan who your tutor is. Tell Ryan or the tutors what exactly is your concern. Tell us what you know about the situation. | + | * Give us all the information we need to answer your query. Tell Ryan who your tutor is. Tell Ryan or the tutors what exactly is your concern. Tell us what you know about the situation. |
A good email | A good email | ||
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**Please keep these things in mind:** | **Please keep these things in mind:** | ||
- | 1. Read the unit outline, the FAQs, and the other helpful | + | 1. Read the unit outline and the other helpful |
2. Read your email before you hit “send.” Does it make sense? Is this what you want to say? | 2. Read your email before you hit “send.” Does it make sense? Is this what you want to say? | ||
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3. If you are following up on a previous email, or asking about an email to the whole class, then include the previous message below your message. In other words, make an email chain. | 3. If you are following up on a previous email, or asking about an email to the whole class, then include the previous message below your message. In other words, make an email chain. | ||
- | 4. Make a habit of regularly checking your University email and Blackboard | + | 4. Make a habit of regularly checking your University email and Canvas |
**And some do __not__ dos...** | **And some do __not__ dos...** |
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