--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Notification.tex 2013/07/15 12:32:20 1.6 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Notification.tex 2014/04/25 16:02:41 1.9 @@ -3,32 +3,32 @@ \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 \textbf{Main Menu} on the inline Menu -\item Click -(\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref} -\textbf{Set my user preferences} from the \textbf{My Space} group. +\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 Forwarding and Notification} link in the \textbf{Messages and Notifications} group. -\item In the \textbf{Forward messages to other account(s) in LON-CAPA} section, check the checkbox labeled \textbf{Add new address} + \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 + 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. (See the section \ref{Course_Critical_Message}) + 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. + 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 email addresses, one address at a time. +\item Repeat this procedure to add more notification e-mail addresses, one address at a time. \end{enumerate}