Desire2Learn 8.3

Setting Preferences

The Preferences area allows you to adjust settings for fonts, CD-ROM drives, operating systems, viewing options, and discussions.

Changing General Settings
Changing Paging Settings
Changing Discussion Settings
Creating an Email Signature

Changing General Settings

In the General tab, you can choose the font face and size, auto-refresh options for the navigation bar, CD-ROM drive, internet connection speed, and operating system.

From the My Home page, in the My Courses widget, select the desired course
In the Welcome widget, click PREFERENCES
The Preferences pane appears.
Select the General tab
To change your online status, click APPEAR OFFLINE.
For more information, refer to Viewing Online Users.
To turn off the auto-refresh feature of the Navigation bar, for Navigation bar auto-refresh, select Off
NOTE: Auto-refresh affects email and pager notification.
To change the font displayed on the course pages,
1. In the Font Settings section, from the Face pull-down menu, select the desired font face
2. From the Size pull-down menu, select the desired font size
  NOTE: A preview of the selected font appears in the Preview section.
To specify your internet connection speed, from the Connection Speed pull-down menu, select select the appropriate option
To specify your CD-ROM drive, in the Course CD-ROM section, from the Drive Letter pull-down menu, select the appropriate drive letter
To specify your operating system, from the Operating System pull-down menu, select the appropriate operating system.
Click SAVE
Your general settings are saved.

Changing Paging Settings

The Paging tab allows you to control the number of records that appear on each page in various areas. Paging settings can be changed for the following:

Classlist
Manage Courses

From the My Home page, in the My Courses widget, select the desired course
In the Welcome widget, click PREFERENCES
The Preferences pane appears.
Select the Paging tab
Using the pull-down menus, select the desired options
Click SAVE
Your paging settings are saved.

Changing Discussion Settings

The Discussion tab offers a number of options allowing you to control how you view discussions.

From the My Home page, in the Welcome widget, click MY PREFERENCES
The My Preferences pane appears.
Select the Discussion tab
Select the desired options
Click SAVE
Your discussion settings are saved.
NOTE: For more options when viewing discussions, refer to Discussion Viewing Options.

Creating an Email Signature

The Email tab allows you to create a signature which will appear at the end of each email that you send within Desire2Learn.

From the My Home page, in the My Courses widget, select the desired course
In the Welcome widget, click PREFERENCES
The Preferences pane appears.
Select the Email tab
In the Email Signature text box, type your signature
NOTE: You have the option of typing in HTML.
Click SAVE
Your signature is saved.