General Settings — Student Interface Tab

TraCorp LMS Quick Reference Guide (QRG)

Audience: Main Admin, Sub Admin

Enabled Permissions Required to Complete the Following Steps:

• General Settings > Student Interface

Note: Sub Admin without access to complete these steps should review Permissions with a Main Admin. User Group Admins do not have permission to access General Settings.

Overview

This QRG explains how Main Admins can use the Student Interface tab to configure options/settings that customize the student experience once they log in to the LMS.

Configure the Student Interface

1. From Admin Navigation, click General Settings.
2. Click the Student Interface tab.
3. Click the Hide classroom/webinar content if no sessions are available check box to prevent classroom and webinar sessions assigned to the student from displaying unless there are upcoming sessions.
4. Click the Show category in content item check box to allow the student to see the category when viewing content details.
5. In the Default scope for Content should be drop-down menu, select:
   • All Content to set all content as the default view.
   • Assigned to set assigned content as the default view.
6. Click the On option button for Hide Completed default value to hide content completed by the student. Click the Off option button to always display completed content.
7. Click the Show content cost check box to display costs for content.
8. Click the Hide cost if value is zero check box to prevent the content cost from showing when it is zero.
9. Click the Always expand bundles, child learning tracks, and session content check box to prevent child learning tracks and session content from being collapsed when displayed.
10. Click the Enable the Recommend System check box to allow students 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. Note: For step-by-step instructions on how to manage the Recommend System, see Knowledgebase article: Content — Recommend System.
11. Select an option in each of 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 in each of the five Displayed Webinar Columns drop-down menus to determine the order Webinar Sessions information will be displayed for students.
13. In Default “Sort by” Settings, select one of the following options for each of the content type (Assigned Content, Learning Tracks, Certifications, and Video Modules): 
    • Title — Sorts the content type by title.
    • Due Date — Sorts the content type by due date.
    • Display Order — Sorts the content type by display order.
    • Date — Sorts the content type by date.
    • Most Recent — Sorts the content type by most recent.
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. To control what displays On Student Login, click the Show Welcome Page or Show Content Page option button.
16. Click the appropriate check box(es) to display the following on the student interface:
    • Show Welcome Screen Option — Allows the student to choose whether the Welcome Page or Content Page is displayed after login. This setting is found on the student’s profile page.
    • Show Verify Session Attendance button — Displays a button on the student’s Profile page that allows them to enter an instructor-provided session code to receive attendance for that session.
    • Show content code in content list — Displays a content code under Details for a piece of content.
    • Show date added in content list — Displays a date added under Details for a piece of content.
17. Click the Allow students option of not receiving emails check box to let students choose to stop the LMS from sending them emails.
18. Click the appropriate check box(es) 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.