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The Preferences page gives users quick access to various settings they might wish to edit. It can be accessed directly from the user menu in the top, right corner of Moodle.
The Preferences page gives users quick access to various settings they might wish to edit. What is displayed on the Preferences page may vary according to the permissions of each individual but standard to all are:
 
If the theme being used does not include a user menu (which pops up when you click your name in the top, right corner of Moodle), users will need to go to their Profile page by clicking their name, click 'Edit profile;' and then use the breadcrumb trail to go back to the 'preferences' page.
 
The preferences of another user may be accessed from a link on their Profile page, for those who have access to it.
 
What is displayed on the Preferences page may vary according to the permissions of each individual.:


==User account==
==User account==
Links here allow users to edit their profile information and change their password, specify how they wish to receive forum and other notifications, choose a text editor (if allowed) and view/reset their RSS token.
Links here allow users to edit their profile information and change their password, specify how they wish to receive forum and other notifications, choose a text editor (if allowed) and view/reset their RSS token.
===Preferred language===
Note that changing your preferred language here will only affect the Moodle interface and not the actual course content.
===Forum preferences===
'''Email digest type'''
This setting determines how you receive any posts from Forums to which you are subscribed, allowing you to receive messages individually or on a daily basis.
'''Forum auto-subscribe'''
This setting lets you decide if you want email copies of posts that are added to forums. If you set this to subscribe, the system will automatically email you copies of new posts in discussions that you post in, unless you manually override it when posting.
'''Use experimental nested discussion view'''
{{New features}}
This setting makes available a new discussion view, trialled in Moodle 3.8
'''Forum tracking'''
Enabling forum tracking means highlighting the posts you have not read yet, which should improve your forum navigation.
===Editor preferences===
* This can usually be left as 'Default editor'. In a new installation this is the [[Atto editor]]. If your admin allows it, you can change to the [[TinyMCE editor]].
* If you have the [[Atto editor]] as default, you can install the [[Cloze editor for Atto]] plugin to easily write [[Embedded Answers (Cloze) question type]].
* If you want to use the [[Cloze editor for TinyMCE]] plugin to write [[Embedded Answers (Cloze) question type]], you must choose TinyMCE as your text editor.
* If you find your browser is not letting you edit text, change this setting to 'Plain text editor'.
* If other editors have been enabled by the site administrator, you can select them here.
===Course preferences===
Individual users with editing capabilities may enable or disable the activity chooser from here. Disabling the activity chooser will then display two dropdown menus for resources and activities, instead of a single link.
===Messaging===
See [[Messaging settings]]
===Security keys===
See [[Security keys]]]


==Badges==
==Badges==
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==Portfolios==
==Portfolios==
Where portfolios have been enabled, their visibility can be set here on an individual basis.
Where portfolios have been enabled, their visibility can be set here on an individual basis.
==Blogs==
Blog preferences may be set here, and external blogs registered.
==Roles==
The user's role assignments and permissions may be viewed and checked here.


==Miscellaneous==
==Miscellaneous==
*What displays here depends on the permissions and roles of the user.
*If [[Event monitoring]] is enabled on the site, a link will be available in this section.
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Latest revision as of 13:47, 21 November 2019

The Preferences page gives users quick access to various settings they might wish to edit. It can be accessed directly from the user menu in the top, right corner of Moodle.

If the theme being used does not include a user menu (which pops up when you click your name in the top, right corner of Moodle), users will need to go to their Profile page by clicking their name, click 'Edit profile;' and then use the breadcrumb trail to go back to the 'preferences' page.

The preferences of another user may be accessed from a link on their Profile page, for those who have access to it.

What is displayed on the Preferences page may vary according to the permissions of each individual.:

User account

Links here allow users to edit their profile information and change their password, specify how they wish to receive forum and other notifications, choose a text editor (if allowed) and view/reset their RSS token.

Preferred language

Note that changing your preferred language here will only affect the Moodle interface and not the actual course content.

Forum preferences

Email digest type

This setting determines how you receive any posts from Forums to which you are subscribed, allowing you to receive messages individually or on a daily basis.

Forum auto-subscribe

This setting lets you decide if you want email copies of posts that are added to forums. If you set this to subscribe, the system will automatically email you copies of new posts in discussions that you post in, unless you manually override it when posting.

Use experimental nested discussion view New feature
in Moodle 3.8!

This setting makes available a new discussion view, trialled in Moodle 3.8

Forum tracking

Enabling forum tracking means highlighting the posts you have not read yet, which should improve your forum navigation.

Editor preferences

Course preferences

Individual users with editing capabilities may enable or disable the activity chooser from here. Disabling the activity chooser will then display two dropdown menus for resources and activities, instead of a single link.

Messaging

See Messaging settings

Security keys

See Security keys]

Badges

Here the user can manage and download their badges, set privacy levels and connect to their backpack.

Portfolios

Where portfolios have been enabled, their visibility can be set here on an individual basis.

Blogs

Blog preferences may be set here, and external blogs registered.

Roles

The user's role assignments and permissions may be viewed and checked here.

Miscellaneous

  • What displays here depends on the permissions and roles of the user.
  • If Event monitoring is enabled on the site, a link will be available in this section.