New in ME 1.18! A refreshed user dashboard!
From the main Dashboard Elentra users can quickly access a main tab menu and personalized options.
The main navigation menu along the top of the webpage remains constant almost everywhere you navigate in the system. The tabs and any drop-down menus associated with them are specific to the group and role you have (e.g.learner, staff, faculty, etc.).
In the top right users have icons to access their personal options, the ability to switch organizations (visible only if relevant), and quick access to Assessment and Evaluation tasks.
Beside the user icon a user will see the group and organization they are currently active in, if they have multiple permissions in multiple organizations.
Clicking on the user icon will open users' personal options, configured to their group and role in Elentra. Access to My Profile, Privacy Preferences, Notification Preferences, and logging out will appear here for all users.
If a user is active in multiple organizations they will see a building icon and can use this to switch between organizations and groups.
The Assessment and Evaluation badge remains a quick link to a user's tasks (as well as access to My Learners for faculty and admins).
The collapsible left-hand side bar of Elentra includes menu cards which change depending on the page you are viewing and your role.
By default, all users will see My Bookmarks, My Communities, Helpful Links, and Give Feedback! from the Dashboard.
Bookmarks display by default in Elentra but there is a database setting to control this (setting: bookmarks_display_sidebar). If you want to hide Bookmarks from the user sidebar speak to a developer about changing the setting.
The Elentra Message Center displays any Dashboard Notices for which a user is the audience. This might include notices sent to all users by an administrator, or notices about an upcoming assignment for learners.
There are multiple calendar settings in the database to allow you to display hours and days of the week according to your organization's preference. You can configure how dates and hours display, whether to include weekend days, whether to exclude other days of the week, and whether to start the calendar on a Monday.
To experiment with different views, speak to a developer.
On the learner dashboard, learners have a calendar view of upcoming events that include them in the audience.
Learners can toggle between day, week, and month view.
Learners can download or subscribe to a calendar.
From the calendar, learners can click on an event title to see more event details, download resources for that event or navigate to the event page.
Learners can optionally see due dates for assignments in a course gradebook.
There is a database setting to control whether or not you show learners their assignment due dates on the dashboard calendar (setting: calendar_assignments_enabled). To change this setting, speak to a developer.
Faculty have a calendar view on their dashboard under the Learning Events tab. In addition, they will see a list of all events with which they are associated under the heading My Teaching Events.
Faculty can select to view different time periods using the Events taking place dropdown menu.
Staff and other users not associated with any learning events will not see a calendar on their dashboard. Admin. users will see a calendar that displays the schedule of the most recently created cohort.
The calendar is automatically populated with all scheduled events, however, users will only see the events for which they are an audience member.
To have something display on the calendar, add it as a learning event via Admin>Manage Events.
The Events calendar in a Course Community also shows scheduled learning events.
Events created in a Community do not show on a user's dashboard calendar.
Users can subscribe to receive ongoing updates to event dates and times. There are two places learners can subscribe to calendars: the dashboard (gives access to course calendars) or within a community events page (access to events created within that community only). Faculty can subscribe to a calendar of their teaching events.
Learners can subscribe to or download a calendar from their Dashboard page.
If CBME is enabled in your organisation, learners can scroll down the page or click 'My Event Calendar' from their dashboard options (by default their dashboard will show their CBME data at the top of the page). Without CBME enabled learners will land on a dashboard page with their calendar upon logging into the system.
Below the calendar, click 'Subscribe to Calendar or Download Calendar'.
Click to select All Calendars or Individual Course Calendar. For the second option, indicate the appropriate course using the dropdown menu.
Click 'Subscribe' to get a version of the calendar that will not allow you to edit events but will update automatically to reflect changes made to the schedule in Elentra. After clicking Subscribe you can click to copy the subscription URL and add it to your calendar tool or click 'Subscribe to Calendar'. Your computer will likely prompt you to choose an application to open the link.
Click 'Download' to get a version of the calendar that you can edit but that will not automatically update based on changes made within Elentra. (You will be able to re-download the schedule at any time.)
Click 'Download Calendar'. Your computer will prompt you to choose an application to open the download or you can save the file. If you save the file you can later add it to your preferred calendar tool.
Events in the calendar will display any required preparation supplied in the event and will include a link to the learning event.
Faculty can subscribe to a calendar that displays the learning events the individual faculty member is associated with.
From the dashboard, scroll to My Teaching Events and look for the small calendar icon in the bottom right.
Right click on Subscribe to Calendar.
Click 'Copy Link Location/Address' or Send Link to Device/Services depending on the browser being used and how you want to subscribe.
If you click Subscribe to Calendar a file will download to your computer or you many be prompted to open the file with an application. This can provide a file that can be added to a calendar tool but it will provide a static calendar of events.
There is currently no user interface for faculty to subscribe to individual course calendars.
On a community events page, you can get a static version of the calendar or subscribe to an automatically updating version.
To subscribe to an automatically updating version of the calendar of events, right click on the calendar icon. Click 'Copy Link Location/Address' and paste the link into a subscription feed for your preferred calendar tool.
If you click on the calendar icon your computer may automatically download an ics file or may prompt you to choose an application to open the download or you can save the file. If you save the file you can later add it to your preferred calendar tool. This will provide a static version of the calendar including already created events. You can re-download it later to update your calendar.
Please note that it can take up to 24 hours for any changes made to Events in Elentra to appear on your subscribed calendar (Google Calendar, Outlook, iCalendar).
