Purpose of a Welcome Email
Creating a welcome is yet another way to reach out to students to let them know you are there as their instructor, introduce yourself, welcome them, and point them towards the Getting Started section of the course.
If you didn't see it earlier in the course, there was a section titled Communicte, Communicate and Communicate some More! In the online environment, remember that some repetition is good, particularly when the class is getting started.
Remember your students are probably in other courses, not just yours, so they will be receiving a lot of different messaging. But if there's some consistency that they see over and over from each of you, pointing them to a Getting Started section of each course, that message of consistency will be felt and appreciated by them. It will add a level of familiarity of "walking in the door", in this class, the virtual door, and knowing what they need to do to get started!
Canvas How-to's
You may refer to the Instructor Canvas Guides for step-by-step how-tos on how to send a message (email) to all students in your course. (The purpose of this course is to provide online course design basics, and does not explictly include Canvas how-tos, as there are other resources for Canvas use.)
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