OK ... this could be useful. Not to suggest that students should be chased up as if they were crooks, but the idea of sending reminders about what they should be working on this week, assignment due dates, or tutorials etc might be a good idea. Especially if it's possible to do it automatically as this article seems to suggest. Most folk these days have a mobile phone, and many of us do use them for text messages ... Courts chase criminals with SMS - Public Sector - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com