All students are asked to read through and adopt the following guidelines for email etiquette.

General overview

• Ensure you are respectful.
• Provide as much detail as possible.
• Re-read your email before you send it.  
• Your language should be simple, clear and professional

Availability 

• Be aware that your lecturer will not be able to respond to you immediately, especially if your lecturer works in a part-time or adjunct position.
• As a guideline, lecturers should respond to your emails within 2 working days.
• Do not expect that lecturers or other Morling Team Members will answer emails on weekends or outside of normal office hours (9am-5pm).

Subject line

The subject line is designed to provide a summary of the email content. It needs to:

• Include your name (first and family name)
• Be short and specific

Examples of appropriate subject lines:

• STUDENT NAME: Question in relation to Assignment 1 OT501
• STUDENT NAME: Information about enrolment 2016 Sem 2

Before you send, ask yourself

• Am I sending this to the correct person?
• Have I used appropriate language and tone?  
• Have I spelled the recipient's name correctly and used the correct title (if necessary)?    
• Is the subject line appropriate?     
• Have I signed off the email with my name?