--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Notification.tex 2009/10/23 15:03:53 1.4 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Notification.tex 2014/04/16 17:44:02 1.8 @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ \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. @@ -13,20 +14,21 @@ To receive notification email do the fol \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''. + 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 email 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 Click the \fbox{Save} button. \item Repeat this procedure to add more notification email addresses, one address at a time. \end{enumerate}