In Global Navigation, click the Inbox link.
If the Inbox link includes a numbered indicator, the indicator shows how many unread messages you have in your Inbox. Once you read the new messages, the indicator will disappear.
View Toolbar
![View Toolbar](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/329/382/medium/fd86d743-1eaa-4470-8848-739e512280a1.png)
The toolbar includes global message options. To load conversations, filter your messages by course or group [1] and type [2]. Filtering by type lets you filter messages by Inbox, Unread, Starred, Sent, Archived, and Submission Comments. You can compose a message at any time using the compose icon [3].
You can also search for conversations by user in the Search by user field [4].