{"id":22837,"date":"2023-07-19T10:24:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T10:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ltsadev.sheridanc.on.ca\/apps\/wordpress\/learning-and-technology-portal\/?p=22837"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:21:04","slug":"setting-your-preferences-in-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/setting-your-preferences-in-slate\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting Your Preferences in SLATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Creating a Profile<\/h2>\n<p>Creating a profile is optional; however, uploading a picture is a great way to greet your students. You could use a picture of yourself or a cartoon image.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<h5>To add a profile image:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Select\u00a0<strong>Profile<\/strong> from the Personal Menu<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Change Picture\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Choose File\u00a0<\/strong>and locate the image you want to add.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Open.\u00a0<\/strong>Click\u00a0<strong>Upload.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Scroll to the bottom of the page and click <strong>Save and Close<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">Note: Any information you add to your profile will be visible to students.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18834 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Profile.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Profile.png 437w, https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Profile-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\"><\/h5>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<h2>Setting Notification Preferences<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18835 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Notifications.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Notifications.png 437w, https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Notifications-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p>Each user in SLATE can set Notifications based on their personal preferences for all their courses to stay updated. This tool only enables you to receive <strong>alerts<\/strong> about course activity. \u00a0It also allows you to subscribe to an activity summary for each course.<\/p>\n<p>The Pulse app is the recommended method of receiving notifications as the delivery of notifications.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<h2>Setting Account Preferences<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18836 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Account-Settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Account-Settings.png 437w, https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Account-Settings-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p>Use the account settings tools to customize and manage your personal preferences, including your personal preferences, online status, accessibility options and discussion settings. \u00a0You can also forward your emails.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">To access the Account Settings, select\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">Account Settings<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">\u00a0from the personal menu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/learning-technology-portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/07\/AccountSettings1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-683\" src=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/learning-technology-portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/07\/AccountSettings1.jpg\" alt=\"Account Settings\" width=\"335\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">The <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">Account Settings Tab <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\"> allows you to adjust default settings such as font, dialogue, HTML Editor, Video, Local, Language and Time Zone settings. \u00a0It also allows you to forward your email and adjust your online setting to Appear Online by default.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">The <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">Discussion Tab<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\"> allows you to adjust settings related to the way the discussion tool displays forums and topics by default.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">The <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">Email Tab<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\"> allows you to adjust settings, including tracking activity for sent messages, creating an email signature to append to sent emails and forwarding emails.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h2>Forwarding your Email:<\/h2>\n<p>By default, SLATE uses internal messaging. \u00a0You have an email address within the system, and students send emails directly from SLATE. \u00a0If you wish to forward your emails to another email address:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check the box beside\u00a0<strong>Forward incoming messages to an alternate account.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Enter the email address you want to forward your emails to.<\/li>\n<li>Select what you want the system to do with emails in your SLATE inbox.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-16961 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/learning-technology-portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/07\/forwarding-options.png\" width=\"454\" height=\"193\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Please Note:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you forward your emails to a personal email address, please note that when you reply to emails, that address will be exposed to the recipient.<\/p>\n<p>username@shernet.sheridancollege.ca is a configuration reference for Office 365. It is not a valid email address to add as your forwarding email address in SLATE and can cause undeliverable issues. Please use a valid email address, such as your official @sheridancollege.ca email, for SLATE email forwarding.<\/p>\n<p>If you choose to forward your SLATE email to your @sheridancollege.ca email, please ensure that your Sheridan email is not forwarded back to SLATE. If it is, you will run into an error and be unable to use your email effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating a Profile Creating a profile is optional; however, uploading a picture is a great way to greet your students. 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