Teacher Homepage
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Admin/Teacher Homepage
This is the page that greets you when you login to DB Primary. It gives you access to all the communication tools inside the platform and to the administration area as well.
As a teacher you can set your theme to starter, improver or teacher. In order to access the administration area you will first have to ensure your account is set to the teacher theme.
Homepage Features
From the homepage you are able to navigate to all areas of DB Primary.
- 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, calendar entries will be shown as events in the main area of the user's homepage area. Any new quizzes or surveys set by the teacher will automatically appear on the desktop and remain there until they are completed by the user.
Quick Links Section
The quick links section, located at the top of the screen will provide you with a direct link to various parts of your DB portal.
Mail: This will display how many unread messages you currently have and will take you directly to your email.
Calendar: This will open your calendar in month view for the current month. You may switch views to week/5 Day/Day and add or remove appointments from this screen.
Blog: This will open your blog in full screen view where you can manage your blogs.
My Files: This will open your file storage area (See Gallery) where you can securely store files of any type.
Administration: This will link you to the administration area where you can create new pupils, edit existing pupils or delete pupil accounts, you are also able to manage community memberships.
My Settings: will take you to your settings where you can make changes to your personal details such as name and nickname. You may also set your default community or change your password or colour scheme.
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 Settings' area. This is where users can change their Deskop 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”.
You can also change your skin from the default 'classic' (where you have a choice of colours as your homepage background) to 'glass':
After choosing this skin, click on "Save" to confirm the change.
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.
Changing your Status Message
Your status message is located at the top right of the screen. Your status can be changed by clicking on 'change' and entering a new message.
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:
You can also arrange your icons by type as seen the following example. Click on the dropdown next to the autoarrange feature to access this option:
Icons have now been arranged into different types:
Communities
This will display a list of communities you are a member of. Clicking a community icon will take you directly to the community in question.
How to visit a user
- Log in with a staff username and password.
- Once logged in, click on the Administation tab in Quicklinks.
- On the next screen, expand Staff or Pupils depending on which user you would like to visit and click on the image icon to the left
N.B. Clicking on the name instead of the image will open the account in edit mode and not the user's homepage.
- You will now be taken to that user's homepage.
- You may also visit a user through the People section of a community or directly from your homepage desktop if they have been added as a 'favourite'.
Quick access to multiple user homepages
View navigating through multiple user pages.
Accessing administration tools from your homepage
- Make sure your account is set to the Teacher theme. This can be changed by clicking on 'Settings'.
- Click on the
button to take you into the administration section. The admin area is only viewable and accessible by staff; students will not have this option.
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- Click on the relevant tabs to administer User accounts or Communities.
Administration Tips
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Look out for the “Admin Cogs”. They are a quick and easy was of accessing Advanced Tools for Quizzes, Communities, Calendars and Discussions
