00-020 Personal settings
What you need to know
In the personal settings you can customise OpenOlat to suit your needs.
What you need to do
Click on your profile picture in the top right-hand corner to open your personal settings.
Personal tools
- Calendar: Only you have access to this calendar.
- File hub: In the file hub, you have access to files from various storage locations. You have 1 GB of storage space available here.
- Personal files are divided into the private and public areas. Only you have access to the private area. You can make files in public accessible to other users.
- Control files from Groups and Courses centrally. Access to files from the media center is possible.
- Course archive: The archived content from your courses is displayed here.
- Resource folders: You can find more information about the resource folder at HelpCard 30-031.
- Notes: The notes you have created in your courses at the top right under My course.
- Evidence of achievement: The transcripts of all your courses.
- Other users: Search for a user and access this person's public folder via the Folder menu item.
- Portfolio 2.0: Access the Portfolio 2.0.
- Media center: Central collection point for media (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, draw.io diagrams, text files, videos, quotes).
- To-dos: Create and manage personal tasks in the form of to-dos.
- E-mail: View all emails sent and received via OpenOlat.
Configuration
- Profile: You can enter additional personal information here. This will then be visible on your business card.
- System settings:
- Language: Change the system language.
- E-mail notification: Set the frequency of your e-mail notifications in the drop-down menu.
- User tools: Define quick access tools. These appear as icons to the left of your profile picture.
- Click Save in each case to make the changes you have made effective. The changes will only be visible the next time you log in.
- Settings tab Instant messaging: Settings for the Olat internal chat.
You can log out of OpenOlat with Log out.