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= Group Email =
Refer to ticket #52

== Requirements ==
The instructor (or admin) should be able to send a group email

A group can be: 
* Students registered in a course
* Group members in a group
* Each student

Optional:
* User can use and edit his/her own email template
* Email merge system, so template has fields for variables
* Ownership such as private, public, or shared among some group
* 

== Implementation == 
=== Layout ===
Email button will be placed on:
* Course Home page for emailing to all students registered in a course
* Group View page for emailing to group members in a group
* Next to each student name on Group View page for emailing to a student

=== Table ===
* Ownership field could be tinyint(1)


== Alternative Plan ==
--- this could be an option, as well as offering sending email system ---
  iPeer's sending email function may lack some features such as draft, text-formatting, or attachment.

  Allowing a user to see and copy group email addresses would be a good alternative solution.

  For example:
  * Click "Get email list"
  * Pop-up window shows email addresses of group (e.g. abc@ubc.ca; def@ubc.ca ...
  * Click "Copy" from the window and get email addresses.
  * Use email client that user prefers