What is the Preferences tool?
In Home, you can set preferences for how often you receive email notifications of site activity, set your time zone, and select your language. You can also hide sites from your list of active sites.
Go to Preferences.
Select the Preferences tool from the Tool Menu in Home.
Editor
This tab allows you to set your preferences for the Rich Text Editor.
Here you can opt to allow the browser you’re using to auto-save the rich-text content you enter into the editor. To decide whether or not to allow the browser you’re using to store for a limited time this content, refer to the article How does auto-save for the Rich-Text Editor work?
Also on the Editor tab you can choose the default toolbar layout that will display in the editor throughout Sakai.
Choose your editor preference, then click Update Preferences.
Notifications
To customize your notification settings, click the Notifications tab.
Select notification preferences.
You can choose one of the the following (paraphrased) options for low priority email notifications in the Announcements, Assignments, Resources and Drop Box, Email Archive, Syllabus, and Tests & Quizzes tools.
- Do not send me notifications.
- Send me one email per day summarizing all notifications.
- Send me each notification separately. (Default setting)
If you change any of these settings, click Update Preferences to save your changes.
Note: These settings only apply to low priority items. High priority items will still be sent via email regardless of your settings here.
Time Zone
To set your local time zone, click the Time Zone tab.
Choose your time zone.
Select your local time zone from the list, and then click Update Preferences.
Language
To set your preferred language, click the Language tab.
Choose your language.
Select your preferred language from the list, and then click Update Preferences.
Sites
The Sites tab allows you to hide sites from the site drawer.
Hiding Sites
To hide one or more of your active sites, click the Sites tab.
Hidden sites will show up in your list of all enrolled sites in tools such as Worksite Setup and Membership; however, they do not appear in the top navigation bar or in your Sites drawer.
Note: Hidden Sites are still active in the system, and are still available to other enrolled users regardless of individual site display preferences.
Select the sites you want to hide, then click Update Preferences.
