Setting Portal
In the new Admin Portal interface you find that the Setting section has been revamped with new sections and features, for greater customization of the platform. Now you have more options in your hand to mark the operation of the portal, in this article you will review them.
General
The first section collects some general aspects related to the setting of the contents, specifically with user participation and gamification.
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Participation of users:
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Gamificación:
Connectors
This section refers to the connectivity of the portal with other platforms or external applications.
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LRS: enables or disables support for external LRS for data logging in xAPI type activities.
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LTI: enables or disables the integration of external LTI contents in the portal. Clicking on it you access a new menu from where to add and configure the providers.
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Badgr: enables or disables the Badgr extension so that the students can synchronize with their profile in this application and share the badges earned in Learner Portal.
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MS Teams: enables or disables the integration with the Microsoft Teams messaging application to create and associate a chat room to a meeting. Clicking on it you can configure the parameters of your private client.
Addons
Here you will find new features that have been integrated into the platform, activated for automatic use.
Labels
This is the Tags Manager, where you can visualize all the tags available in the platform and edit them.
Extended fields
In the same way, in this section you can add and customize in the Course Details menu.
You see a list of the fields already created where you can:
- create a new extended field with the New Fieldbutton. There are three types of fields, in all of them you can set a default value:
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Date, for the user to choose any date.
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List, for the user to choose from a list of options you provide.
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String, for the user to enter a text response.
- search among the fields created by typing in the Search box.
- click on the three dots icon to choose one of the options:
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Details to edit the field.
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Delete to permanently delete the field.
With the release of Admin Portal version 6.8 (October 11th, 2023) two new features are added:
- Mark extended fields as required.
- Create extended fields for both courses and pathways.
To learn more about these features check this article.
Appearance
Here you can customize the appearance of the portal, changing the Image of the logo, and selecting the primary and secondary Colors for menus, buttons, graphic elements...
Carousels
In the last section you find the Carousel Manager, a tool where you can create and edit the customized carousels that will be displayed in the Learner Portal and to which you can add the contents you want.
A maximum of 12 customized carousels can be created. A message at the top tells you how many more carousels you can create, when you reach the limit the message will disappear.