How to Edit General Institutional Preferences

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1 How to Edit General Institutional Preferences Click Institution under Administration - to View or Edit General Institutional Preferences. Choices in settings here apply to the entire Institution and all WebStudy courses created. Click the Edit button to View or Edit Preferences.! Institution name: Required. Enter the Institution name. Institution Homepage: If your Institution has a website, enter the homepage URL The following 3 options are Important for best support communication with WebStudy Institution Support URL: If your Institution is the primary source for support, enter the URL where s requesting technical support should be sent. Admin 1: Enter the address for the primary administrator to be contacted. Admin 2: Enter the address for an additional administrator who could be contacted ! Affiliate TV station: Required.! Default CS streaming server: Required. Allow public notes: There is a Notes feature in each course. If this option is set to Yes, students can write and Share public notes in this area. Mail message to deactivated users: Displays the current message. You can customize the message users are sent when their WebStudy account is deactivated by editing this text box. Mail message to students automatically un-enrolled from deactivated courses: Displays the current message. You can customize the message users are sent when they are automatically unenrolled from deactivated courses by editing this text box. How To Edit General Institutional Preferences Page 1 of 5

2 Select the starting page: Choose from the drop-down menu to select the page everyone sees first when they log on. CourseStream video player skin: Choose from the drop-down menu. Un-enroll students automatically from deactivated courses: Select YES to un-enroll students automatically. Permit the instructors to edit course code, title and activation: If this option is set to NO - Instructors will NOT be able to Edit/Change the Activation date/time, Course Name, and Course Code, on their About tab / Edit course Data screen - shown as (editing disabled) on the Instructor screen sample below: Require students to verify personal contact info: Fill in contact information in first logon? Require each student to confirm address: Display for verification on first student logon? How To Edit General Institutional Preferences Page 2 of 5

3 Is Webstorium available to students: If this option is set to NO the WebStorium option will NOT be visible to students, and therefore they will NOT have access all Public Materials in the Instructor s Webstorium. NO is recommended. Are instructors allowed to enroll students in their classes: If this option is set to NO, Instructors can NOT add students to their courses through their About tab / Edit course Data screen status message is shown on the Instructor screen sample below: NO is recommended. Are students allowed to upload their avatars: If this option is set to YES, students can choose a preset image, or upload a picture or graphic to represent them in the course. It will be visible to all students and instructors on the Students tab and in Forums. Application language: Select the Default language for your Institution from the drop-down list. Time zone: If other than EST, select your Time zone: from the drop-down list. Observe Daylight Saving Time: Select YES to adjust time during Daylight Saving time periods. How To Edit General Institutional Preferences Page 3 of 5

4 Forward internal WebStudy to external address: Compose any message you want students to see regarding this setting. Type the text or Paste using the Paste from Word icon on the toolbar. Important Note: while it is possible to copy and paste directly from a word processor like Microsoft Word it is NOT advised. Copied text from Word brings with it a large amount of embedded formatting codes designed to tell a Printer how to print the document. Pasting into a WebStudy RTF editor box is creating text on a webpage. This means when the page is displayed, the Browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc.) will try to interpret the codes as HTML codes designed to tell the Browser how to display the page online, producing unpredictable results especially when you are trying to edit the text later, or it is being viewed in different browsers. Please see How to Properly Use RTF Editor document for more Details and Illustrations. Enable grading systems for instructors If Enabled - Instructors can create, use in a course, and/or make public their own grading systems. If Disabled - they can only use Institutional Grading Systems. Enable case sensitive passwords If Enabled - Users need to enter the correct case (CAPITAL, or lowercase) for a correct match to the password on file. If Disabled - case will not be checked. How To Edit General Institutional Preferences Page 4 of 5

5 Enable case sensitive usernames If Enabled - Users need to enter the correct case (CAPITAL, or lowercase) for a correct match to the username on file. If Disabled - case will not be checked. Enable CAS Server The CAS server related options are for use by Tier 3 for SSO (Single Sign On) setup and are typically only adjusted by instructions from Tier 3 to the client. CAS Server URL: Type or Paste the URL address of the CAS Server if Enabled above. Enable course code column If Enabled - provides users the option of selecting a related course when sending an - handy if students are taking multiple courses delivered by one instructor. The course code list box appears on the Compose and Reply Mail screens, and is displayed with the Mail record: Click the Submit button to Save your choices. How To Edit General Institutional Preferences Page 5 of 5