General Settings — Student Interface Tab Quick Reference Guide

Audience: Main Admin

Enabled Permissions Required to Complete the Following Steps:

  • General Settings: Student Interface

Note: User Group Admins do not have permission to access General Settings.

Overview

On the Student Interface tab, Main Admins select options/settings that configure the Student Interface to customize the student experience once they log in to the LMS.

Steps to Configure the Student Interface

  1.  From Admin Navigation, click General Settings.
  2. Click the Student Interface tab.
  3. Click the check box for Hide classroom/webinar content if no sessions are available if classroom sessions and webinar sessions assigned to the student should not display unless there are upcoming sessions.
  4. Click the check box for Hide available learning tracks if students cannot view Learning Tracks.
  5. Click the check box for Show category in content item if the student can see the category when viewing content details.
  6. Select from the Default scope for Content should be drop-down menu:
    • All Content if the default view for students is all content
    • Assigned if the default view for students is the content assigned to them
  7. Click the On option button for Hide Completed default value if content completed by the student should be hidden, or click the Off option button if completed content should always display.
  8. Click the Show content cost(?) check box if costs for content should be displayed.
  9. Click the Always expand bundles, child learning tracks, and session content check box if child learning tracks and session content should not be collapsed when displayed.
  10. Click the Enable the Recommend System check box if students are allowed to recommend specific content/items to other students. If Recommend System is enabled, additional choices are presented that allow the Admin to choose:
    • Who can make recommendations by Registration Field. The Registration field values must match between two students for them to recommend content to each other.
    • What can and what cannot be recommended, such as Content Type, Task, Learning Tracks, Badges, and so forth.
  11. Select an option from the five Displayed Classroom Columns drop-down menus to determine the order in which Classroom Sessions information will be displayed for Students.
  12. Select an option from the five Displayed Webinar Columns drop-down menus to determine the order Webinar Sessions information will be displayed for students.
  13. Select a Content option from the Default Content Sort Setting drop-down menu to determine the order in which content will be displayed.
  14. Click the If there is no active news, remove the news panel/button check box to only display the News Panel and News button if there is active news.
  15. Click either the Show Welcome Page option button or Show Content Page option button to control what displays On Student Login.
  16. Click the appropriate check box to display the following on the Student Interface:
    • Show Welcome Screen Option — This allows the student to choose whether the Welcome Page or Content Page is displayed after login. The setting is found on the student’s profile page.
    • Show Verify Session Attendance button — This displays a button on the student’s Profile page that allows them to enter a session code provided by an instructor in a session that will give them attendance for that session.
    • Show content code in content list — This displays under Details for a piece of content.
    • Show date added in content list — This displays under Details for a piece of content.
  17. Click the Allow students option of not receiving emails check box if students are allowed to stop the LMS from sending them emails.
  18. Click the appropriate check box to display the following on the Student Interface:
    • Show date that content was first assigned to user
    • Show due by dates to users if date is assigned
    • Show Profile and Preferences Button
    • Show Favorites Button
  19. Click Save Settings.

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