Back Up Your WebCT Mail

Note: The instructions below begin at your existing course home page, on the Designer Options tab (log in to  http://webct.ccri.edu). Bolded words indicate places to click.

Instructions and Screenshots
Step 1

Open the Mail.

Step 2

Click on Inbox to open

Step 3

To select all messages, click in the box next to Subject and you should see checkmarks appear next to every message.

Step 4

Once all the messages have been selected, scroll to the very bottom of the Mail screen and click on the Compile button.

Step 5

You will see all the mail messages displaying in one window.

Click on the Download button.

Step 6

You will be prompted to open or save the file.

Choose the Save button.

Step 7

Type in a meaningful name next to "File name:" and choose the location you wish the save the file to.

Click Save.

In the example below, the file is named with the course code and the semester/year. It is being saved to the desktop.

Step 8

Once the file has been downloaded a dialogue box will come up notifying you that the download is complete. Click on the Close button.

Step 9

If you wish to also save the Outbox, repeat steps 1-9 but start with selecting the Outbox.

To see this file, you may open up Word or any word processing program and choose File - Open. Remember to change the Files of Type: option to All files.

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