Creating an e-mail campaign

Procedure

To create an e-mail campaign, open the Campaigns tab and click the Add button at the top right.
Result: The campaign wizard is opened. You will be guided through the procedure in 5 steps:

1. Step 1 - Properties: Fill in the campaign properties.
   
   
• Campaign name: this name will be shown in the Edumail campaigns overview.
• Subject: select Same as campaign name if you want the e-mail subject to be identical to your campaign name. 
  Else, enter the e-mail subject of your choice. 
• From name, From e-mail address and Reply-to e-mail
  

  Note: DNS configuration is required to avoid e-mails sent from your domain to be marked as spam. For more information, please contact Televic Education via support@televic-education.com.

• Language: select the interface language for your campaign.
• Template: select the template of your choice.
• Attempts: select 1 if you want the user to answer only once to the questions in the e-mail campaign, else select Unlimited. 
• Click Next at the bottom right.
  Result: You are now in Step 2 - Content of the campaign wizard.
  
  
2. Step 2 - Content: Add assessmentQ publications to your e-mail campaign.
   
   
   
   
• In the column at the left you see the validated assessmentQ publications that can be used in an e-mail campaign.
  Click the publication of your choice or use control-click to select multiple publications. 
  

  Tip: Enter (part of) the name of the publication in the search field at the top of the column to filter the publications.

• Click if you want to add the publications you selected or click to add all publications that are listed in the left column. 
  Result: The publication(s) are added to the column at the right.
  The questions in these publications will be used in your e-mail campaign.
  
  
• Click Next at the bottom of the page.
  Result: You are now in Step 3 - Participants of the campaign wizard.
  
  
3. Step 3 - Participants: Add assessmentQ user(s) and / or user group(s) to your e-mail campaign.
   
   
   
   

• In the column at the left you see the assessmentQ users and user groups in your channel.
  Click the user or user group of your choice or use control-click to select multiple users and / or user groups. 

  Tip: Enter (part of) the name of the user of user group in the search field at the top of the column to filter the users.

• Click if you want to add the users you selected or click to add all the users. 
  Result: The selected users and / or user group(s) are added to the column at the right.
  These users will receive your e-mail campaign.
  
  
• Click Next at the bottom of the page.
  Result: You are now in Step 4 - Timing of the campaign wizard.
  
  
4. Step 4 - Timing: Set the timing for your e-mail campaign.
   
   
   
   

   • Start date: the first mail will be sent on this date.

   • Frequency:

     • Daily: every day or every few days on weekdays or working days at the hour of your choice. 
     • Weekly: every week or every few weeks on all weekdays or a selection of weekdays at the hour of your choice. 
       
       
   • Campaign end
     • On a specific end date

       Tip: If there are not enough questions available in the publication(s) for the selected frequency and duration of the e-mail campaign, the e-mail campaign will stop before the end date is reached.

     • If all questions have been sent
       
       
• Click Next at the bottom of the page.
  Result: You are now in Step 5 - Overview of the campaign wizard.
  
  
5. Step 5: Verify the settings of your campaign and click Finish at the bottom right.