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Preferences for Students

Setting your Preferences

The Preferences tool enables you to customize the layout and presentation options for your view of the new BeachBoard.  It is located on your My Home page in the My Settings box.

Access the Preferences Tool

  1. From My Home, click the Preferences link in the My Settings widget.
  2. Use the tabs across the top of the page to view and edit different presentation options.

General Preferences

Preferences on this tab are not related to a specific tool.

  • Online Status Changes your online status so that you appear offline even when you are logged into the system.
  • CD-ROM Drive Specifies which computer drive to map to for your CD-ROM. This setting is infrequently used.

Appearance & Accessibility

  • Font Face   - sets which font face (Verdana, Times, etc.) you want to use for standard text in the system.
  • Font Size - sets how large you want standard text in the interface to be.
  • Dialog Setting - If you are sight-impaired and using assistive technology such as a screen reader, we strongly recommend showing secondary windows as pop-ups. This setting helps screen readers and other assistive technologies separate the content of the secondary window from the main window.
  • HTML Editor Settings - The HTML editor is used to enter text and HTML in the system. It has many additional rich text features which you may find cumbersome or difficult to navigate, particularly if you use assistive technology such as screen readers.
  • Math Display  - sets whether equations display in a Java applet or as inline MathML. Inline MathML is compatible with reading software, screen magnification, and screen reader technology. The Java applet maintains a consistent display between browsers and environments.

    Note  Firefox supports the display of inline MathML. Other browsers require the Java applet to render equations.

Language & Region

  • First Day of the Week  - sets which day appears first in the week in your calendar.
  • Time Zone - sets all dates that include times to correspond with the time zone you specify in Learning Environment.

Discussions

  • Personal Settings
    • Show the discussion topics list  - s ets whether you want to see a list of topics in a left panel when reading messages.
    • Show the search bar - sets whether you want to show a search bar in the Message List view.
    • Show the preview pane- I f you are not showing message text on the main page, this option enables you to specify whether to see the full message in a preview pane at the bottom of the page, or to see the full message in a secondary window.
    • Display deleted messages - sets whether you can view deleted messages in the Message List view.
    • Default Message List View - specifies how you want to visually represent the message hierarchy within the Message List view. Threaded View indents sub-topics underneath their parent topics, whereas Un-threaded View does not.
    • Message List Style  - specifies whether to show the text for discussion messages in the main page or just the titles.
    • Message Fields to Display - you can choose to also display the Org Defined ID for the message author and the Message ID of the discussion messages in the Message List view.
    • Character Limits - specifies the character limit of each message subject in the Message List view.
    • Reply Settings - sets whether you want to include original messages with your replies.

Email

  • Send a copy of each outgoing message to [specified email address] - sends a copy of all the emails you send to a specified address
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  • Email Signature - creates an email signature to include at the bottom of your email messages.
  • Show external email addresses in the Address Book External addresses will appear in the Address Book.

Metadata

  • Default Interface - sets whether you view the basic or advanced Metadata view by default.
  • Basic Interface Display - sets whether metadata categories appear expanded or collapsed by default in the basic metadata view.

Pager

  • Incoming Page Icon - sets whether the Incoming Page icon appears in your navbar. Clearing the Incoming Page Icon check box means you must check for pages manually through the Pager tool.
  • Incoming Page Sound - sets what sound the system plays when you have an incoming page.

 

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