Improver Homepage
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Improver Homepage
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This is the page children will see first when they log in to DB Primary. It has links to areas such as their email, calendar, e-portfolio and as well as quick access links to their friends and communities.
Across the top you will find the handy navigation bar with the “Homepage”, Default Community and “Logout” buttons.
Live update of activity in any communities the user is a member of including new quizzes which come available, new blogs, emails and calendar entries will be shown as events in the centre area of the user's 'My Desk' area. Any new quizzes or surveys set by the teacher will automatically appear on the 'My Desk' area and remain there until they are completed by the user.
Quick Links
On the top left you will find the Quick Links. Clicking on items within the Quick Links will take the user direct to their:
The email icon (
) will let you know if you have any unread mails.
Navigation
You can navigate quickly to all of your personal areas: your personalised 'My Desk' area, blogs, calendar, tasks, ‘marked work’ and ‘things to do’, by clicking on the icons as shown below:
Dropdowns
These are found by clicking the small triangles (
) on the top navigation buttons, and allow quick access to pages within communities and the homepage.
Clicking the dropdown on homepage will produce a dropdown for Mail, Calendar, Blog and My work (Gallery) whilst clicking the dropdown on the Community Dropdown to the right will take you to Forum, Calendar, Quizzes, Gallery and People for the default community.
N.B. Once a user visits a different community, the community dropdown items will be applicable to that community and the name will change on the dropdown button. Clicking Homepage will change it back to the default community.
Adding Favourites to your 'My Desk' area and Auto Arrange
Any friend's homepage, community page, forum topic, blog, calendar etc. may be added a 'favourite' to your homepage area for ease of access. This is done by clicking on the orange heart image that will appear at the top of each page:
Icons on the main body of the homepage may be auto-arranged by clicking on the following image at the top right of the page:
Friends
Adding Friends
When visiting a friend's homepage, clicking on the 'Add a friend' icon (the plus sign next to the blue dog) will add that friend to the Friends quicklist at the bottom of your homepage, once that friend has confirmed your request.
When they next login, your friend will be notified of this request by the stars appearing at the top left of their friend's list.
The request can then be accepted or rejected as wished.
Friends, like communities, can also be dragged to the 'My Desk' as a favourite and arranged as the user wishes.
Sending a quick email
If a friend has been added to your 'My Desk' area as a favourite, you can send a quick email to them by clicking on the paper airplane picture to the right of the friend's image.
Click on the paper airplane at the bottom right of the message to send this email.
Receipt of a quick email will be shown in the form of an envelope image on the left of a friend's icon.
Deleting Friends
If you wish to remove a friend from your friend list, simply click on the red cross beside that friend.
The next time they login, the friend that has been removed will see your grayed out icon indicating you are no longer on their friend list.
This will remain grayed out unless another friend request has been approved.
Communities
Clicking on the 'communities' icon at the bottom left of the screen will bring up a list of all Communities the user belongs to. Clicking on these will take the user directly to the community.
Users can be returned to their homepage at any time by clicking the Homepage button directly and not using the drop down triangle.
Communities can be dragged to the 'My Desk' area from the pop-up menu and arranged as the user wishes.
Change Background Image, 'Skin' and other Details
Clicking on the “Settings” icon on the right hand side of the Quicklinks menu takes you to the 'Change my Details' area. This is where users can change their Desktop background, own picture, default Colour or password:
A user can choose to paint their own picture, browse for a picture already stored in “My Work” or upload a picture directly from their computer.
After any changes have been made the user should click “Save”.
Users also have the option to choose a new 'skin' or background theme for their homepage. They can choose from classic, glass or paint:
Entering your 'Thoughts' Message
Your 'Thoughts' message box is located at the top right of the screen. This can be changed by clicking on 'change' and entering a new message.
