NEIU D2L Student Account Settings & Preferences

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1 The Account Settings area allows you to adjust settings for fonts, discussions, and viewing options for use with assistive technologies. Changing Account Settings The settings here can make it easier to view content in D2L. right of your name. Select Account Settings. 2. The Account Settings tab will automatically be selected, and you will see all the options you have for settings. 3. There are a number of options you can edit in this window, all of which are described in more detail below. After you are done making changes on this page, click Save to save your changes and keep the settings window open. Or, click Save and Close to save your changes and close the settings window. p. 1 August 2012

2 Font Settings To change the appearance of text, in the Font Settings section, use the pull-down menus to select the desired options. Your changes will be reflected in the Preview box. Dialog Setting To change the way secondary windows appear, in the Dialog Setting section, make the desired selection. Note: To understand the implications of each option, read the gray text in the section. HTML Editor Settings To turn off the HTML Editor, in the HTML Editor Settings section, select the box toturn off rich text editor and view source. Video Settings Choose this option if you wish to ensure that assistive technologies will be able to detect videos. Time Zone Using the continent and time zone dropdown list, you can change what time zone you would like your times and dates formatted to. p. 2 August 2012

3 Changing Discussion Settings The Discussion tab offers a number of options allowing you to control how you view discussions. 1. On the far right of the menu bar at the top of the page, click the dropdown arrow to the right of your name. Select Account Settings. 2. Select the Discussions tab. 3. Select the desired options. When you have finished, click Save to save your settings and keep the settings window open, or Save and Close to save your settings and close the settings window. p. 3 August 2012

4 Creating an Signature The tab allows you to create a signature which will appear at the end of each that you send within Desire2Learn. right of your name. Select Account Settings. 2. Select the tab. 3. In the 'Reply to' Address text box, type ["Your Name" ]. Example: "John Doe" Note: If you do not enter your name, messages you send through D2L will appear in users' inboxes as from your username (e.g., doej@uwec.edu rather than Doe, John). In the Signature text box, type your signature. Note: You have the option of typing in HTML. 4. Click Save to save you settings and keep the settings window open or Save and Close to save your settings and close the window. p. 4 August 2012

5 Changing Notification Settings The Notifications area allows you to set notifications alerting you to activity in your D2L courses. Below are instructions for locating the Notification settings page. right of your name. Select Notifications. 2. The Notifications settings window will appear. Here you can enable notifications, specify which to send them to, choose how often to receive notifications, and choose for what activities you would like to receive notifications. 3. When you are finished editing your settings, click Save. Thank you to the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire for providing the guiding documentation in creating this guide. p. 5 August 2012