Configuration Setup
Sign-up tool can be easily configured to set up the default value or user option choice according to user's specific needs.
The following property values in Sign-up tool can be defined either in tool\src\bundle\signupConfig.properties or defined in sakai.properties file, which will overwrite the former ones.
Property name | Default value | purpose |
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signup.default.email.notification | false | if false, all Email Notification Checkboxes are unchecked to avoid sending out unintended emails. |
signup.post.eventTracking.info.to.DB | true | if false, the eventTracking for sign-up tool is turned off. |
signup.default.allow.waitlist | true | if true, the waitlist option is on for participants when the space at a timeslot is full. |
signup.default.allow.comment | true | if true, the participant can add a comment during sign-up. |
signup.event.default.auto.reminder | true | if true, the attendee of the meeting will receive an email reminder, one day in advance. |
signup.permission.update.enabled | true | if true, the permission link at the tool bar will be available to organizer. |
signup.autoRiminder.option.choice.setting | true | if false, the organizer will has no choice to decide whether the meeting should send a auto-reminder email or not. The process will be determined by signup.event.default.auto.reminder value. |
signup.userId.inputMode.choiceOption.setting | true | if false, the organizer will have no option to enable the UserId Input Mode. |
signup.default.export.to.calendar.setting | true | if true, the event will be published into Calendar tool (Scheduler) |
signup.enableAttendance | true | if true, it provide the ability to take attendence of the event |
signup.maxAttendeesPerSlot | 500 | it defines the max. number of attendees in a slot |
signup.maxSlots | 500 | it defines the max slots allowed in an event |
signup.otherSitesAvailability | true | enable/disable option to share events with other sites (reason to disable include mitigating risk of sending email reminders to hundreds of large sites. (if you defined the following parameter: signup.other.sites.availability=false/true in the tool property xml file, it will precede over value defined in sakai property) |
signup.default.create.groups.setting | false | if true, the event will enable it to automatically generate the site related groups according to the timeslots. However, user still has the option to uncheck it during the event creation. |
signup.email.notification.mandatory.for.newMeeting | false | if true, the notification is mandatory when a new event is created. This will make sure that the organizer will receive the iCal attachment for third party. |
signup.csv.export.enabled | false | if true, organizer will have an additional option to download data in csv format. |
signup.email.notification.attendee.signed.up | true | if true, the attendee will always get one email notification when he signs up |
How to set up email auto-reminder
In order to make it work, you need to set up the CronJob at Job Scheduler tool by selecting Sign-up Auto Reminder Notification and the trigger should be run at every early morning time!