Preferences pages let you customize the look and feel, behavior, and functionality of the course. The many options on these pages let you customize the student and instructor experience.
Note: Only instructors have access to Preferences pages; they are never available to teaching assistants.
Preferences are divided into Basic Preferences and Advanced Preferences. Basic Preferences show a summary of the most commonly-used settings. To change them, select Change on the right. This will take you to the Advanced Preferences. All Instructor Preferences described below are Advanced Preferences.
Default course preferences are set by Pearson. Pearson also determines which preferences you are able to view and change. Your course may not display all of the options described in this Help.
To access the Preferences
page, click Preferences in the top-right corner of the window.
Instructor preferences
You may see some or all of the following preference pages depending on the design of your course:
The following preferences are available to instructors:
General: Enable or disable various features that control course appearance such as font size and calendar location.
Grading: Create or edit grading options including grade schemas, gradebook display and filter options, and passing score thresholds.
Permissions: Grant or deny permission to teaching assistants and students to perform different tasks in the application.
Activities: Create new activity types, rename activities, and define global activity preferences.
MyTest: Define the testbank question details, upgrade settings, and print settings.
Manage Locations: Create locations and associate individual computers to a specific location, which you can use to restrict exam access.
Course Tools: Determine which course tools are used in
the course and the order in which they appear in the navigation menus. Also set the default name of the media library.
Copy Content: Specify whether and how other authors or instructors can copy content to and from the current course.
Standards and Skills: This option appears but is not used in MyLanguageLabs.
Study Plan: Define global readiness check preferences, sequencing, instructor review alerts, and information available for student review.
Time Zone and Localization: Select the default course locale, on-screen language, and online Help display language.
Modules: This option appears but is not used in MyLanguageLabs.
Writing Assistant: This option appears but is not used in MyLanguageLabs.
Course Channels: Define the information areas, or "channels" that appear on the instructor and student Today's View pages.