Student Manager Preferences: Overview Preference Basics Share a Few Favorite Preferences Use the Force… ( SM Help) Where Do You Go From Here? (Homework) Questions

278 Decisions, Decisions, Decisions Student Manager offers you over... Options/Settings/Preferences 278 Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

How Student Manager Works for YOU . . . Depends on how YOU set your preferences

How do you get to preferences?

Your KOF controls who controls preferences!

Within that Screen Area What’s up with the color coding? IF user has permission Affects ALL users Within that Screen Area

VISIBLE, but NOT editable.. Global Preferences VISIBLE, but NOT editable.. Non- Admin View

Full View.. Can View AND Edit all elements Admin View

Preferences have Multiple Functions Enable and Disable Fields Control Field Behavior Fields with check marks display on screen How the field is labeled Is the field validated? Is the field encrypted? Set default value for field Control System Behavior Enable Name Grouping Turn features ON/Off “Call Back/Tickler Reminders Email Course Reminder Clone Budget Records etc. etc..

Disable 1st Word Auto Search Some key Preferences! Disable 1st Word Auto Search On Slow Systems, Turning this ON GREATLY improves Name look up speed Is a user Level Preference

Store Date range and paste into Query (range of dates) TIP: Store Date range and paste into Query (range of dates) Macro Fields Macro Keys store messages for Quick Pasting into text, memo field, or query

Preview Courses for ACEweb Set “root” of your ACEweb URL AND.. You can change the Default browser

OK … You say you can’t get to Preferences?? (your KOF is stingy!!)

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Questions?

Take the time to review your system preferences Remind users to set up their e-signature line