Personal Settings | About Account Settings
In Account Settings you can edit the display options of Brightspace based on your preferences. Here the basic Account Settings as well as the specific options for your account will be elaborated upon.
In this article you will find information about:
Navigate to Account Settings
Navigate to your course page, then
- Click on your Name or profile picture, a drop-down menu will appear
- Click Account Settings
This action will open the Account Settings page, three separate tabs are shown:
- Account Settings - this menu contains the general account settings, such as font, language, time, reading and video settings
- Discussions - this menu contains personal discussion settings such as Display and Reply settings
- Email - this menu contains email and display options
This article describes the options of the Account Settings tab.
Account Settings tab
Here you can enable use of pronouns on your profile.
- Click Allow others to see my pronouns if you want your pronouns to be visible
- Then you can either choose Use what my organisation has on record
- or you can add your own pronouns in HTML box by clicking Use different pronouns
To adjust the font size to your personal preferences,
- Click the downward arrow, this will open a drop-down menu
- Choose the font size - options are either: Small, Medium, Large or Huge
In this section many settings can be changed, such as default date, clock and number formats.
- Preferred Locale and Language - choose the language you want to have your working environment in. The default setting is "English (United Kingdom)"
If you change the language this might affect the (proper) use of a screenreader.
- Clock - indicate whether you want to have the time shown in either 12- or 24-hours cycles
- First Day of the Week - the default setting is "Sunday", however, any day of the week can be chosen
- Date - indicate in what way you want to have your dates shown, for example, dd/mm/yyyy
- Number Format - indicate how Brightspace should display numbers
- Percentage Format - settings for the display of percentages
The next Account Setting is Time Zone. Here you find two options that can be adjusted.
- Continent - select the preferred continent the list of time zones
- Time zone - the offset of time in hours from UTC
In the Signing In menu, you can adjust how others see your status in Brightspace:
- Appear online - a green dot next to your name will indicate your online status (e.g. in Classlist to the lecturer)
- Always appear offline - no indication of your status will be given
Application Settings enable you to manage applications.
- OAuth 2.0 - revoke authentication for applicants individually. For more information on this option, click on Manage applications registered with OAuth 2.0.
- ID Key Authorization - revoke authentication for all applicants at once, click the grey button Revoke Access.
3. Once you have selected all the preferred options, do not forget to click the blue Save and Close button.
Now you know how to edit your Account Settings in Brightspace!
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