--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Notification.tex 2013/07/15 12:32:20 1.6
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Notification.tex 2013/08/27 19:56:48 1.7
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
\index{e-mail notifications}
LON-CAPA can send new message notifications to your conventional
-email accounts. You can choose the specific types of messages
-which will cause notifications to be sent to the email addresses
+e-mail accounts. You can choose the specific types of messages
+which will cause notifications to be sent to the e-mail addresses
you provide. The specific types of message
-are: critical messages, standard messages or any message. The notification email
+are: critical messages, standard messages or any message. The notification e-mail
will include an excerpt of the text contained in the body of the original LON-CAPA
message.
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ To receive notification email do the fol
\begin{enumerate}
-\item Click \textbf{Main Menu} on the inline Menu
-\item Click
-(\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref}
-\textbf{Set my user preferences} from the \textbf{My Space} group.
+\item Either move your mouse pointer over your name at the top left of the page, and select \textbf{Preferences} from the displayed dropdown, or click \textbf{Main Menu} on the Inline Menu and
+then select \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref} \textbf{Set user preferences}
+in the \textbf{My Space} group.
\item At the \textbf{Set my user preferences} screen, click the
\underbar{Message Forwarding and Notification} link in the \textbf{Messages and Notifications} group.
\item In the \textbf{Forward messages to other account(s) in LON-CAPA} section, check the checkbox labeled \textbf{Add new address}
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ To receive notification email do the fol
labeled \textbf{Notification address}. This should be an Internet email
address like \texttt{user@example.com}
\item Use the radio buttons to select which types of LON-CAPA message should
- cause a notification email to be sent to the specified address. (See the section \ref{Course_Critical_Message})
+ cause a notification email to be sent to the specified address. (See the Critical Messages section \ref{Course_Critical_Message})
\item Choose whether you want any HTML tags contained in the original message body
to be preserved in the excerpt included in the notification email.
\item Click the \fbox{Save} button.