What is the Preferences tool?

Use Preferences to set configure how often you receive email notifications of site activity, to set your time zone, and to select your language.

Go to Preferences.

Image of the preferences tool.

While viewing your Home site, select Preferences.

Configuring your Notifications preferences

Click Notifications.

Image of the notifications button in preferences.

Select notification preferences.

Image of the notification preferences page.
  1. Click to expand the tool for which you wish to edit notifications preferences. Options will expand down from the tool that you've selected.
  2. Choose notifications preferences based on the options available for the tool.
  3. Click Update Preferences.

Note: Notifications settings only apply to low priority items. High priority items, as determined by the instructor or site owner that sends the notification, will still be sent via email regardless of your settings.

Configuring your Time Zone

Click Time Zone.

Image of the Time Zone button.

Choose your time zone.

Image of the time zone preferences.
  1. Select your local time zone from the list.
  2. Click Update Preferences.

Configuring your system language

Use the Language area to configure the language that will display to you throughout the system.

Click Language.

Image of the language button.

Select a language and click Update Preferences.

Image of the language preferences.
  1. Select your preferred language from the list.
  2. Click Update Preferences.

Configuring your Sites display.

Click Sites.

Your Sites preferences will display.

  1. Choose to show the Site Title or Site Short Description in tabs.
  2. Select any sites that you would like to Hide from your sites list.
  3. Click Update Preferences to save your display settings.

Configuring the Rich Text Editor toolbar

Click Editor.

Image of the Editor button.

Use the Editor area to set the preferred feature-richness of the Rich Text Editor throughout the system.

Choose Default Rich Text Editor toolbar layout, then click Update Preferences.

Image of the editor preferences.
  1. Select a toolbar layout:
    • Auto detected based on browser size: the Rich Text Editor toolbar loads with a simplified layout, but provides an option to expand it for additional features.
    • Force basic/mobile mode: the Rich Text Editor toolbar loads with a simplified layout and you cannot expand it for additional features.
    • Force full/desktop mode: the Rich Text Editor toolbar loads fully expanded to display additional features.
  2. Click Update Preferences to save your selection.

Toggling Light and Dark Theme

Use the Theme area to select your preferred site theme, i.e. Light and Dark mode. See What is Dark Mode? for complete instructions.