Springboard Advanced Training for Faculty

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1 Springboard Advanced Training for Faculty Release Conditions Release conditions allow you to create a custom learning path through the materials in your course. When you attach a release condition to an item, users cannot see that item until they meet the associated condition. For example, you could attach a release condition to the second topic in your course s content area that would hide that topic until users viewed the topic before it. Or you could create a condition that required users to view a content topic before gaining access to a quiz, or one that required them to post to a discussion topic before they could see a content module. In addition, the new Springboard 10.6 can create release conditions based on NOT completing something, and thus an can be sent based on a user not participating in a discussion, not submitting an assignment, or not completing a quiz. If you attach multiple conditions to an item, users must meet all conditions before they can access the item. For example, you could require users to visit the first three content topics in a unit before gaining access to an associated quiz. NOTE: Once a user meets a release condition, the condition is cleared for that user and cannot be reset. For example, if you attach a release condition to a discussion topic requiring users to achieve more than 60% on a quiz before they can access that topic, and one of your participants receives 72% on the quiz but you adjust their grade to 55% they will be able to access the topic because they did meet the requirement at some point. You can put release conditions on the following items: Awards Checklists Content modules and topics Custom widgets Discussion forums and topics Assignment Folders Grade items and categories Announcement items Quizzes Surveys Best Practices for Creating Release Conditions Set up conditions before users access the course Create all of your course materials and set up your release conditions before the course opens to users. This gives you a chance to check for mistakes in the conditions or for circular, contradictory, or unnecessary conditions. If you add new release conditions after users have accessed the course, users might be confused by resources disappearing. Since conditions cannot be reset, you also risk having users meet conditions before your resources are ready (e.g., accessing a content topic before it is finished).

2 Avoid unnecessary conditions Each condition you associate with a tool takes additional time for Learning Environment to process. Using as few conditions as possible to set up a learning path minimizes the amount of time that users spend waiting for pages to load. For example, you set up a content topic, a quiz, and an assignment submission folder for the second week of class. You want users to read the topic before taking the quiz, and you want them to read the topic and attempt the quiz before submitting the week s work to the assignment submission folder. For the assignment submission folder, you only need to attach the condition that users attempt the quiz. Since users must read the content topic before they can take the quiz, it is not necessary to add this condition to the assignment submission folder. Avoid circular references A circular reference makes it impossible for users to satisfy a set of conditions. For example, if you set the condition that users must view a content topic before they can access an assignment submission folder, and then set a condition that they must submit a file to the assignment submission folder before they can access the content topic, you have a circular reference. Users can t satisfy either condition without satisfying the other one first. Circular references are more likely to occur with long chains of conditions. For example, a content topic that depends on a quiz that depends on an assignment submission folder that depends on a checklist that depends on the content topic. Avoid impossible conditions Ensure that your conditions are not impossible for users to satisfy. For example, a condition that users must achieve greater than 100% on a grade item would be impossible (unless bonus marks are available for the item). If users are unable to satisfy a condition, they are unable to access the content or tools to which the condition is attached. Avoid contradictory conditions Contradictory conditions occur when two or more conditions that cancel each other out are associated with an item. For example, the conditions User must achieve greater than 49.9% on Grade Item 1 and User must achieve less than 50% on Grade Item 1 are contradictory. Users could not satisfy both conditions at the same time; they would not be able to see the item associated with these conditions. Attaching a Release Condition 1. Locate the release conditions area, found in the item's editing mode. See the documentation for the appropriate tool for help editing items in that tool. 2. Click Create and Attach. 3. Select the Condition Type and complete the Condition Details. 4. Click Create. 5. Choose whether access to the item is dependent on meeting all or any of your conditions. 6. Click Save.

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4 Special considerations Condition Content All Content Topics Visited Discussions Discussion posts authored in Topic Notes This condition requires users to visit all modules within your course. You cannot specify only a single module. If you want to create a condition that would make a tool available only after a user has completed a specific module, create a condition using the Content Topic Visited option and require that they visit the last topic within the applicable content module. If posts to the selected topic require approval, this condition is only satisfied once posts are approved. Reusing a Release Condition If you ve already created a condition and want to apply the same condition to another item, you can quickly select the condition from a list of existing conditions in your course by clicking Attach Existing. This saves you entering the criteria a second time. NOTE: When you attach an existing condition from another item to a second item, the two conditions are not associated in any way. If you change the condition on either item or remove the condition from either item it has no effect on the other. 1. Go to the edit page for the item you want to attach the condition to and locate the release conditions area. 2. Click Attach Existing. 3. Select the condition. TIP: To narrow the list of conditions, choose the tool the condition is based on from the View Conditions for drop-down list. 4. Click Attach. 5. Click Save. Removing Release Conditions 1. Go to the edit page for the item you want to remove the condition from and locate the release conditions area. 2. Click the Remove icon beside a specific condition to remove it, or click Remove All Conditions to remove all conditions for an item. 3. Click Save.

5 Creating and Customizing a File or Page Apply an HTML Template to a New Document 1. In a Content module, click Create a File from the Upload/Create button. 2. Select a Document Template from the drop-down list. 3. Once you have selected a template, customize it according to your needs and click Publish or Save as Draft. NOTE: If you decide to save a draft based on an HTML template to a different file path, all links to images, css, or js assets are retained. Creating Content in the Design View of the HTML Editor 1. Navigate to the file you created in Content. 2. Click Edit HTML from the context menu. 3. Enter your content into the HTML Editor. 4. To insert tables, images, links, audio/video/animation files, special characters, and equations, use the Insert options and Table options. 5. Save your changes. HTML Editor Options Icon Name Function/Description Editing Options Cut Copy Undo Redo Paste Copies and deletes the selected content to the clipboard. Copies the selected content to the clipboard. Undoes the last action. Redoes the last action. Note: In Springboard 10.6, the paste button has been removed. Copying using Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V is recommended, and text that is copied and pasted will come into Springboard as Plain Text.

6 Text Formatting Options Format Applies a preset style to selected text. Font Family Changes the font of selected text. Size Changes the size of selected font. Apply Color Changes the color of selected text. Bold Italic Underline Strikethrough Subscript Superscript Makes the selected text bold. Makes the selected text italic. Underlines the selected text. Puts a line through the selected text (as if it has been crossed out). Makes the selected text subscript. Makes the selected text superscript. Paragraph Formatting Options Indent Outdent Unordered List Ordered List Align Left Align Right Align Center Align Full Left to Right Moves the margin of the current paragraph to the right. Moves the margin of the current paragraph to the left. Inserts a bulleted list. Inserts a numbered list. Aligns the selected paragraph to the left. Aligns the selected paragraph to the right. Aligns the selected paragraph in the center of the page. Fully aligns the selected paragraph (creating flush margins on both sides). Tags the selected paragraph's text direction as left-toright. This ensures that users' browsers render the text appropriately. Useful when the text direction of the paragraph differs from the system locale or other content in the HTML Editor.

7 Right to Left Tags the selected paragraph's text direction as right-toleft. This ensures that users' browsers render the text appropriately. Useful when the text direction of the paragraph differs from the system locale or other content in the HTML Editor. Insert Options Insert Stuff Insert Image Insert Quicklink Graphical Equation MathML Equation LaTeX Equation Insert Symbol Insert Line Enables you to insert media (including audio and video) files from a variety of sources. Inserts an image at the current location of your cursor. Enables you to insert a quicklink to a resource inside Learning Environment. Launches the Equation Editor, allowing you to insert graphical equations. Launches the Equation Editor, allowing you to insert MathML equations. Launches the Equation Editor, allowing you to insert LaTeX equations. Enables you to insert symbols and other special characters. Inserts a horizontal line separating paragraphs. Insert Attributes Enables you to add Title, ID, Class, Style, and Text Direction attributes to selected text without opening the Source Editor. Table Options Insert Table Table Cell Properties Table Row Properties Remove Column Remove Row Delete Table Inserts a table at the current location of your cursor. Enables you to change table properties such as cell padding, cell spacing, alignment, height, width, etc. Enables you to change the properties of the cell your cursor is located in. Enables you to change the properties of the row your cursor is located in. Deletes the column your cursor is located in. Deletes the row your cursor is located in. Deletes the table your cursor is located in.

8 Insert Column Before Insert Column After Insert Row Before Insert Row After Cut Row Copy Row Paste Row Before Paste Row After Merge Table Cells Split Table Cells Adds a blank column before the column your cursor is located in. Adds a blank column after the column your cursor is located in. Adds a blank row before the row your cursor is located in. Adds a blank row after the row your cursor is located in. Copies and deletes the row your cursor is located in. Copies the row your cursor is located in. Pastes a previously copied or cut row before the row your cursor is located in. Pastes a previously copied or cut row after the row your cursor is located in. Joins selected cells together. Existing content within the cells merges together. Splits the selected cell into two cells. Existing content inside the cell remains in the first cell; the second cell is empty. Inserting Quicklinks in the HTML Editor You can insert Quicklinks to existing course materials such as discussions, quizzes, assignment submission folders, and calendar items in the HTML Editor. 1. Click Insert Quicklink in the HTML Editor. 2. Select the type of item you want to link to from the list in the Insert Quicklink window (for example, a quiz, a course file, an external URL). 3. Select the item from the list of options that display. Inserting media files in the HTML Editor You can use HTML Editor's Insert Stuff option to embed media files: Insert a media file from your computer 1. Click the Insert Stuff icon. 2. Select My Computer to browse and select a file from your computer. 3. After you select a file, click Choose Destination to select or create a storage location for the file. 4. Click Upload. 5. Click Insert.

9 Insert a media file from your course offering files 1. Click the Insert Stuff icon. 2. Click Course Offering Files to browse and select a file. 3. Select your file from the file directory or click Upload to upload a file to the directory. You can also select a file type from the Media Type drop-down list and click Apply to filter your directory search. 4. After you choose a file, click Next. 5. Enter a Link Text and an Alternate Text. 6. Click Insert. Insert a YouTube video 1. Click the Insert Stuff icon. 2. Click YouTube to browse and select a video you want to insert. 3. Click Next. You can preview the YouTube video from the YouTube Properties page. 4. Click Insert.

10 Groups Accessing Groups 1. Click on My Tools on the navbar. 2. Click on Course Admin 3. Click Groups. Creating a group category Use categories to organize and manage related groups. For example, you can have a category for Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Seminars, Remedial Help, and Book Reviews. If you want to create a new set of groups, you need to set up a category and create restricted work areas for the groups first. 1. On the Manage Groups page, click New Category. 2. Enter a Category Name and Description. 3. Select an Enrollment Type from the drop-down list. 4. Depending on the chosen Enrollment Type, enter the Number of Groups to create, the Number of Users per group, or both. 5. Depending on the chosen Enrollment Type, select Auto-enroll new users to automatically enroll users to groups. 6. Depending on the chosen Enrollment Type, select Randomize users in groups to randomly place users in groups. If you do not choose this option, users are placed alphabetically based on the classlist. 7. Select Set up discussion areas if you want to associate discussion areas with the groups in the category. 8. Select Set up assignment submission folders if you want to associate assignments with the groups in the category. 9. Click Save. Creating Group Restricted Discussion Areas When you create a new category with Set up discussion areas selected, you are automatically taken to the Create Restricted Discussion Areas page. On this page, you can create a separate topic for each group within an existing or new forum. 1. Do one of the following: Select an existing Forum from the drop-down list. Click the New Forum link to create a new forum for the category. 2. Click Add Another if you want to add more than one discussion forum, then repeat step 1.

11 3. Click Create and Next when finished. Creating Group Restricted Assignment Submission Folders When you create a new category with Set up assignment submission folders selected, you are automatically taken to the Create Assignment Submission Folders page. Creating an assignment submission folder from this page creates a folder for each of the groups in the category. Modifying or adding group enrollment 1. On the Manage Groups page, select the category that contains the group or groups you want to modify or add enrollments to from the View Categories drop-down list. 2. Click Enroll Users from the context menu of the category. 3. Select the group you want from the Display drop-down list or select "All Groups" to see all groups. 4. Enter information in the Search For field to find a specific user, or click the Search icon to find all users. TIP: Select the Not Enrolled search option to find users that that do not belong to a group. 5. Select the check boxes beside each user's name to add them to groups. Clear check boxes to unenroll users from groups. 6. Click Save.

12 Intelligent Agents Accessing Intelligent Agents 1. Click on My Tools on the navbar. Note: You can also access Intelligent Agents by clicking on Course Admin 2. Click Intelligent Agents. Creating intelligent agents When you create a new agent you need to determine: What criteria it looks for. What the content is for the that the agent sends when its conditions are met. How often it looks for users meeting its criteria. 1. Click New on the Agent List page. 2. Enter an Agent Name. 3. Enter a Description. 4. Select the Agent is enabled check box if you want the agent enabled once you save. 5. Determine the criteria the agent looks for: a. If you want the agent to search for system login activity, select the Take action when the following login criteria are satisfied check box and choose which of the two login activities you want to monitor. b. If you want the agent to search for course access activity, select the Take action when the following course activity criteria are satisfied check box and choose which of the two course activities you want to monitor. c. Click Attach Existing or Create and Attach to select or create release conditions for the agent to monitor. 6. Determine the action the agent takes when its conditions are met: a. Select one of the Action Repetition options to set whether the agent takes action once or every time the conditions are met. b. If you want the agent to run on a schedule, select the Use Schedule check box, then click the Update Schedule button. c. Set the schedule in the Update Agent Schedule pop-up. d. Click Update to save the schedule and return to the New Agent page. 7. Select HTML or Plain Text for the format. 8. Enter the names of recipients in the To, Cc, and Bcc fields. You can use special replace strings in these fields. 9. Enter an Subject. You can use special replace strings in this field. 10. Enter a Message. 11. Click Save and Close.

13 Replace strings for intelligent agents Address Replace Strings You can use the following replace strings in the address fields for the agent s. Replace String {InitiatingUser} {InitiatingUserAuditors} Description The user who performs the action that meets the agent s criteria. The auditors for the user who performs the action that meets the agent s criteria. (This is not typically used) Body Text Replace Strings You can use the following replace strings in the HTML editor for the agent body. Replace String {OrgName} {OrgUnitCode} {OrgUnitName} {OrgUnitStartDate} {OrgUnitEndDate} {InitiatingUserFirstName} {InitiatingUserLastName} {InitiatingUserUserName} {InitiatingUserOrgDefinedId} {LoginPath} Description The name of the organization. The code for the Org Unit. The name of the Org Unit. The start date specified for the Org Unit. The end date specified for the Org Unit. The first name of the initiating user. The last name of the initiating user. The UAnetID of the initiating user. The Student/Employee ID number of the initiating user. The address of the login path for the site. Running an intelligent agent manually Typically, intelligent agents are set up to run automatically. If you do not have a regular schedule set up for an agent, you must run it manually.

14 When you run an agent manually, it sends a confirmation to the user that requested or set up the agent. This lists the following information: Org unit code and name. Which agent ran. Time and date the request was submitted. Time and date the request was finished. Whether the agent took action. Any error text. Run an intelligent agent manually On the Agent List page, click Run Now from the context menu of the agent you want to run manually.

15 Rubrics Creating analytic rubrics Analytic rubrics allow you to assess a Competencies activity or eportfolio item based on more than one criterion in a single rubric. With analytic rubrics, levels of achievement are displayed in columns and your assessment criteria are displayed in rows. Analytic rubrics may use a points, custom points or text only scoring method. Points and custom points analytic rubrics may use both text and points to assess performance; with custom points, each criterion may be worth a different amount of points. For both points and custom points an overall score is provided based on the total number of points achieved. The overall score determines whether the activity is achieved. Create an analytic rubric 1. On the Rubrics page, click New Rubric. 2. Enter a Name and Description. 3. Select a Rubric Status from the drop-down list. NOTE: We recommend setting a status of Draft while you are developing a rubric. When the rubric is finished and ready to associate with an Assignment Submission folder or Discussion, set the status to Published. 4. Select "Analytic" from the Rubric Type drop-down list. 5. Select how many achievement levels you want the rubric to have in the Initial # of Levels field. 6. Select how many criteria you want to break your evaluation down by in the Initial # of Criteria field. 7. Select a Scoring Method. 8. Click Save. Define analytic rubric achievement levels and criteria 1. On the Rubrics page, click Edit Levels and Criteria from the context menu of the analytic rubric you want to define achievement levels and criteria for. 2. Click Edit Criterion from the context menu of a criterion you want to modify. 3. Enter a Criterion Name. 4. Click Save.

16 5. Repeat Steps 2-4 for other criteria. NOTE: Click Add Criteria Group if you want to create a criteria made of subsections of existing criteria. 6. Click Edit Level from the context menu of an achievement level you want to modify. We recommend that you start with the lowest achievement level and work your way up. 7. Enter a Level Name. 8. If you are creating an analytic rubric that uses a points scoring method, enter a Score (points) for the level. For custom points, you may enter a different score (points) for each criterion. 9. Enter a Description of what is required to achieve the level for each criterion. Achievement level descriptions help evaluators determine which level best reflects a user's achievement. The more detailed your descriptions are, the more consistent evaluations will be. 10. Enter a standard Feedback for each level. Standard feedback appears to users who achieve the level, and it is an easy way to communicate a rubric's evaluation methodology. 11. Click Save. 12. Repeat Steps 6-11 for other levels. Configuring an Assignment submission folder for assessment with a Rubric 1. On the Assignment Submission Folders page, click Edit from the context menu of the folder you want to edit. 2. Click Add Rubric to associate the assignment submission folder with a rubric. Click the Create Rubric in New Window link if you want to create a new rubric. You can also select an existing rubric and set it as the Default Scoring Rubric. 3. Click Save and Close. Configuring a Discussion topic for assessment with a Rubric 1. On the Discussions List page, click Edit Topic from the context menu of the topic you want to configure. 2. Click the Assessment tab. 3. If you want to link a topic score to a grade item, select your Grade Item from the drop-down list, or click New Grade Item to create a grade item for the topic in a pop-up window. 4. Specify the number you want to Score Out Of. This is the scale, ranging from zero to the number you enter, that users are evaluated on. For example, if you enter 15, users are assessed on a scale from zero to fifteen. 5. Click Add Rubric to associate the topic with one or more rubrics. Click the Create Rubric in New Window link to create a new rubric. NOTE: A Rubrics section displays in the collapsible Description area of the topic, containing links to

17 any rubrics you associate with the topic. Clicking on a rubric link will open the rubric in a pop-up window, allowing users to preview the expectations for the topic. 6. Click Save and Close. Checklists A checklist contains important or required assignments, readings, or other items to complete. Each checklist contains one or more categories, into which checklist items are organized. For example, you might have an Assignments checklist with categories for written assignments and quizzes, both of which could have multiple items that you need to complete. Creating a checklist 1. On the Checklists page, click New Checklist. 2. On the New Checklist page, enter the name of the new checklist in the Name field. 3. You can enter an optional Description to identify what the checklist contains. 4. Select Open this checklist in a new window when viewed if you want the checklist to open in a new window when users access it. By default, checklists open in the current window. 5. Click Save to save the new checklist. This brings you to the Edit Checklist page. Creating a checklist item 1. On the Checklists page, click on the checklist you want to add an item to. 2. On the Edit Checklist page, click New Item. 3. On the New Item page, do one of the following: Select a category for the item in the Category drop-down list. Click the New Category link to add a new category. In the New Category pop-up, enter a Name and optional Description for the new category and click Save. NOTE: Each item you create must belong to a category. 4. Enter a Name and a Description for the new item. 5. Set a due date by selecting the Due Date check box and selecting the appropriate date and time from the drop-down lists. 6. Select Display in Calendar to make the item visible in the calendar for students. 7. Click Save to save the new item or Save and New to save it and create another one. Previewing a checklist Click Preview in a new window from the context menu of the checklist you want to preview.

18 Manage Dates The Manage Dates tool enables you to view, edit and offset the date availability, and set the Calendar status of all Content topics and modules, Discussion topics and forums, Assignment Submission folders, Grades categories and items, announcement items, and quizzes in your course from one central location. These course objects display in a grid that you can sort by any of the column headings. You can also filter the grid by specific tool and use advanced filter options to work with smaller sets of objects. If you filter your course objects, any bulk changes you make apply only to the filtered results. This enables you to update multiple availability dates based on specific criteria. In addition to managing dates, you can open each course object in a new window by clicking on its name. This launches the object's edit page where you can edit additional properties for that object without leaving the Manage Dates tool. Accessing Manage Dates 1. Click on My Tools on your course navbar. 2. Click on Manage Dates. Note: You can also access Manage Dates under the Course Admin button. Advanced filter options in Manage Dates Basic filter options in Manage Dates enable you to narrow your results based on tool. Advanced filter options enable you to further narrow your results by a course object's name, dates, duration, and Calendar status. Click Show Advanced Filter Options to access these additional filter options. Filter Options Name Start Date End Date Duration Additional Instructions Enter a keyword and use the drop-down list to specify how the system should compare your keyword with existing object names in your course. Choose "blank" from the drop-down list to return course objects that do not have a start date. Choose "blank" from the drop-down list to return course objects that do not have an end date. Use the drop-down list to specify how the system should compare the number you enter with existing durations within your course. Choose "blank" from the drop-down list to return course objects that do not have a specific amount of days they are available to users. Objects with unspecified durations include those containing only a start date or only an end date.

19 Calendar Status Use the drop-down to specify whether filter results return objects that are displayed in Calendar or not displayed in Calendar. Editing dates in Manage Dates You can edit dates for individual course objects or multiple objects. While editing dates, you can also display course object availability in the Calendar tool. If you filter your course objects, any bulk changes you make apply only to those filtered results. This enables you to update multiple objects based on specific criteria. Edit dates 1. In the context menu of the object you want to edit dates for, click Edit Dates. 2. Set or clear the start date and end date. 3. Choose whether the object displays in the Calendar tool. 4. Click Save. Bulk edit dates 1. Select the check boxes beside the objects you want to edit dates for and click Edit Dates from the top of the grid. 2. Set or remove the start dates and end dates. 3. Choose whether to add the objects to the Calendar tool. 4. Click Save. Remove dates Click Remove beside an object's start date or end date. Offsetting dates in Manage Dates Manage Dates enables you to move start dates and end dates forward or backward by a specified number of days. You can use this to move course content forward to a new term. 1. Select the check boxes beside the objects you want to offset dates for and click Offset Dates from the top of the grid. 2. Specify which dates you want to offset. 3. Use the Days drop-down list to specify whether you want to offset the dates forward or backward and enter the number of days you want to offset those dates by. Or choose Calculated based on two dates to quickly generate the number of days between two relative dates. 4. Click Save.

20 Creating Widgets Widgets are the building blocks of homepages. You can create, edit, delete, customize, and preview the widgets in your organization. Creating custom widgets Custom widgets allow you to expand the functionality of available content in your homepages to suit your specific organizational and/or course needs. You can add custom HTML code to create a wide range of widgets. As an Instructor, you can create custom widgets for your courses, or use custom widgets shared to your course offerings from the organization, department, or semester level. 1. On the Course Home page, click on My Tools, then click Widgets. Note: You can also access Widgets under the Course Admin button. 2. Click Create Widget. 3. Enter a Name and Description for the widget. 4. Click Save and Close. Editing widget display You can customize the following aspects of system or custom widgets for your homepages: Titlebar: text and font color. Titlebar background: fill type and color. Titlebar shadow effects: color, vertical size, and blur level. Titlebar border: style, color, and width. Widget shadow: color, vertical and horizontal size, shadow spread, and blur level. Widget border: style, color, and width. Widget shape: corner roundness or sharpness Custom widgets provide additional options that enable you to create widgets that blend into the homepage background: Widget background: transparency. Widget padding: change the spacing around the content within the widget to blend more seamlessly into the background of the page.

21 A custom widget with a hidden titlebar, transparent background (with homepage background showing through), and rounded corners. A custom widget with a gradient titlebar, titlebar dropshadow, large internal padding, and sharp corners. The page background is visible around the edges of the widget.

22 To Hide the titlebar Prevent users from closing the widget on the homepage Set a custom title Change the font color of the title Do This Clear the Display Titlebar check box Select the Prohibit minimizing widget check box Select the Custom radio button, and enter your text in the field Select a font color from the Color selector in the Titlebar area Change the background of the titlebar Select Gradient or Solid from the Fill Type drop-down list. TIP: A gradient fill type creates a three-dimensional look for your homepage. Select a color style: soft, light, or dark. These colors are set by your administrator. Or, select a custom color for your widget's titlebar background. NOTE: If you select a gradient fill type, two color selectors appear: the gradient's top color on the left, and bottom on the right. Create a shadow effect on the titlebar Select a font color from the Color selector in the Titlebar Shadow area Set a Vertical amount and a Blur level in the fields provided Change the border on the titlebar Clear the Display Border check box to remove the border Select a line type from the Border Style drop-down list Select a border color from the Color selector Select a border width from the Width drop-down list Show the page background in a custom widget Select the Transparent check box in the Widget Background area Create a shadow effect on the widget Select a shadow color from the Color selector Set the Vertical and Horizontal pixels, the Spread of the shadow, and the Blur level in the fields provided Change the border of the widget Clear the Display Border check box to remove the border Select a line type from the Border Style drop-down list Select a border color from the Color selector Select a border width from the Width drop-down list Change the shape of the corners on the widget Set a pixel value for each corner of the widget in the fields provided

23 TIP: The higher the value, the more rounded the corners appear. The lower the value, the sharper the corners appear. The lowest value you can enter is 0. Change the padding on custom widgets Set a pixel value for each side of the widget in the fields provided NOTE: To help you meet visual accessibility standards, there is a built-in WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guideline) checker on the Widget Settings page. Be aware that if you choose a shade that does not meet these guidelines (for example, the contrast between the text color and the background color is too low), the check mark by WCAG AA will be replaced by a warning or error icon to alert you to possible accessibility issues. Adding and moving widgets on your homepage 1. Click Edit this homepage in the bottom right corner of the homepage. 2. Click Add Widgets in the Widgets section to view all widgets available for use in the homepage you are editing. Each panel has its own corresponding Add Widgets button. 3. Select the check boxes beside the widgets that you want to add to the homepage panel, and click Add. NOTE: The widgets listed in the Add Widgets dialog are dependent on the tools available for use within your organization and added to the current org unit. 4. Click and drag a widget to: Change its vertical placement on a panel. Move it to another panel. 5. Click Save and Close to apply the changes.