Other Useful MyWorkspace tools

Worksite Setup

This tool allows you to jump to any sites to which you belong (click on worksite title). But the more practical use of Worksite Setup is to access a course's Site Info area. Essentially, this is a link to a course's Site Info, giving you an alternate way to access that information, rather than clicking on Site Info within a course.

A more detailed description of course editing tools can be found in the module on Site Info.�

Preferences

There are two pages in Preferences. They are not even slightly related to each other, so you'll just have to remember what they are for. 1) you can set how you want announcements, email and resources to be handled. 2) you can organize the site tabs across the top of the page.

Notifications: Set the preferences for how you would like low priority notifications to be received. This includes announcements, email archive and resources. The options are to receive these items:

Note: All high priority notifications will be sent via email. Students cannot set high priority items to not be received.

Customize Tabs: If you participate (student or teacher) in more than one System class, you can organize the tabs across the top of the page. In the visible sites list portion of Customize Tabs, the class at the top of the list shows up at the left in tabs across the top of the window. If you have too many visible sites to fit across the page, the leftovers will be in a pop-down menu.

Move finished classes over to the left box in Customize Tabs to make them not visible. This will save room on your row of site tabs, but leaving the class still accessible by coming back here and making it visible again if you need to access the class for some reason.

Time Zone: The Time Zone allows you to choose what time zone you are in. When you do that, the times will be reflected in areas that use time, such as Chat Room and Tests &  Quizzes. Give it a try to see how it works: I chose LaPaz and my Chat Room time went ahead 2 hours from my standard Pacific Time. Then when switched back to Los Angeles time, that same Chat message dropped 2 hours back.

Account

The Account link allows users to change their name, password, and email address. This is important, for example, if a student goes by their middle name, or if they get married, they'll want to use the correct name. Also, many times students (and maybe faculty, too) will want to use a different email account than the one they listed when they first were admitted to the school. If that information is not current, each user can come in here to correct it. The only thing that can't be changed is the User ID.

Faculty do not have access to student passwords.

Logout

At the upper right is a Logout button which allows you to log out of the system. Be sure to click here when you are finished working. Close all browser windows to ensure that you are completely logged out and prevent unauthorized access to your site by others.

3/8/06