--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Notification.tex 2009/10/23 15:03:53 1.4
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Notification.tex 2014/04/25 16:02:41 1.9
@@ -1,32 +1,34 @@
\label{Prefs_Notification}
-\textbf{Receive an e-mail notifying you when a LON-CAPA message is sent to you}
+\noindent\textbf{Receive an external e-mail notifying you when a LON-CAPA message is sent to you}
+\index{e-mail notifications}
LON-CAPA can send new message notifications to your conventional
-email accounts. You can choose the specific types of messages
-which will cause notifications to be sent to the email addresses
+e-mail accounts. You can choose the specific types of messages
+which will cause notifications to be sent to the e-mail addresses
you provide. The specific types of message
-are: critical messages, standard messages or any message. The notification email
+are: critical messages, standard messages or any message. The notification e-mail
will include an excerpt of the text contained in the body of the original LON-CAPA
message.
-To receive notification email do the following:
+To receive notification e-mail do the following:
\begin{enumerate}
-\item Click "Set my user Preferences" (\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref}
-\textbf{PREF}) on the Main Menu, or the remote control (if used).
-
-\item At the \textbf{Change Preferences} screen, click the
- \underbar{Change Message Forwarding and Notification Addresses} link.
-\item In the ``E-mail notification of LON-CAPA messages'' section, check the checkbox labeled \textbf{Add new address}
+\item Either move your mouse pointer over your name at the top left of the page, and select \textbf{Preferences} from the displayed dropdown, or click \textbf{Main Menu} on the Inline Menu and
+then select \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref} \textbf{Set user preferences}
+in the \textbf{My Space} group.
+\item At the \textbf{Set my user preferences} screen, click the
+ \underbar{Message \& Notifications} link in the \textbf{Messages \& Notifications} group.
+\item In the \textbf{E-mail notification of LON-CAPA messages} section, check
+the checkbox labeled \textbf{Add new address}
\item Type a notification address into the text field
- labeled \textbf{Notification address}. This should be an Internet email
- address like ``user@example.com''.
+ labeled \textbf{Notification address}. This should be an Internet e-mail
+ address like \texttt{user@example.com}
\item Use the radio buttons to select which types of LON-CAPA message should
- cause a notification email to be sent to the specified address.
+ cause a notification e-mail to be sent to the specified address. (See the Critical Messages section \ref{Course_Critical_Message})
\item Choose whether you want any HTML tags contained in the original message body
- to be preserved in the excerpt included in the notification email.
-\item Click the \fbox{Change} button.
-\item Repeat this procedure to add more notification email addresses, one address at a time.
+ to be preserved in the excerpt included in the notification e-mail.
+\item Click the \fbox{Save} button.
+\item Repeat this procedure to add more notification e-mail addresses, one address at a time.
\end{enumerate}