Your settings

The link to Your settings is found in the personal menu. From here you can manage personal settings such as your personal address, how itslearning appears to you, language, password, and alerts.

Quick links

Note: Single Sign-On customers are allowed to change their itslearning mobile passwords from Your settings.

Change details

Field	Description
Who can access your personal information?	Shows who can access your personal information (the information that you enter in Change details) on your contact card and when your name is clicked in the Who is online? list.
E-mail address	Enter your e-mail address. It is important to have a valid e-mail address in this field so that you can receive, for example, new itslearning passwords.
Homepage	Enter your personal homepage in this field. Use the preview button to check if the link works.
Nickname (for chat)	Enter a nickname, or alias, for use in chats.
Picture file	Click Upload file to upload a personal picture. The picture appears in your contact card, when someone clicks your name in the Who is online? list, and as your avatar for messages, assignments, tests, discussions or conferences.
Phone	Enter your phone number. Make sure that you include your international prefix. You find your country's dialling code in this list: International dialling codes. If your country code is +44, enter your phone number in the following +44 1234567 format.
Cellular phone	Enter your mobile phone number.
Date of birth	Enter your date of birth.
Address	Enter your address.
Postal code	Enter your postal code.
Description	Enter a personal description, for example, hobbies or interests.

Field

Description

Who can access your

personal information?

Shows who can access your personal information (the information that you enter in Change details) on your contact card and when your name is clicked in the Who is online? list.

E-mail address

Enter your e-mail address. It is important to have a valid e-mail address in this field so that you can receive, for example, new itslearning passwords.

Homepage

Enter your personal homepage in this field. Use the preview button to check if the link works.

Nickname (for chat)

Enter a nickname, or alias, for use in chats.

Picture file

Click Upload file to upload a personal picture. The picture appears in your contact card, when someone clicks your name in the Who is online? list, and as your avatar for messages, assignments, tests, discussions or conferences.

Phone

Enter your phone number. Make sure that you include your international prefix. You find your country's dialling code in this list: International dialling codes. If your country code is +44, enter your phone number in the following +44 1234567 format.

Cellular phone

Enter your mobile phone number.

Date of birth

Enter your date of birth.

Address

Enter your address.

Postal code

Enter your postal code.

Description

Enter a personal description, for example, hobbies or interests.

Customize itslearning

Regional and language options
Select language	Select the language you want to use in itslearning. Currently you can select from among UK English, US English, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Danish, Swedish, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. If you teach or study a foreign language that is supported by itslearning, it is a good idea to switch to this language when you work in itslearning.
Standards and formats	Select the standards and formats you want to use. The standards and formats are, for example, date formats. This means that you can use English as a language in itslearning, but use, for example, Dutch date formats.
Time format	Select your preferred time format, either 12 hour or 24 hour clock.
Time zone	To select your time zone, select your nearest region and then your nearest city.

Regional and language options

Select language

Select the language you want to use in itslearning. Currently you can select from among UK English, US English, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Danish, Swedish, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

If you teach or study a foreign language that is supported by itslearning, it is a good idea to switch to this language when you work in itslearning.

Standards and formats

Select the standards and formats you want to use. The standards and formats are, for example, date formats. This means that you can use English as a language in itslearning, but use, for example, Dutch date formats.

Time format

Select your preferred time format, either 12 hour or 24 hour clock.

Time zone

To select your time zone, select your nearest region and then your nearest city.

Preferences
Select presentation of the tree in courses and communities	Select whether to use the simplified or entire navigation tree in courses and communities. More information about the various navigation trees can be found here.
Select text editor	Choose which text editor to use. You can choose from these editors: Simple editor: This is a plain text editor, the simplest of the three itslearning editors. It has no editing options. Rich-text editor: This is the newest and recommended editor. It requires no plugins in the browser. The Rich-text editor is compatible with most Internet browsers which include: IE 5.5 or higher (Windows), Firefox 1.0 or higher, Mozilla 1.3 or higher and Netscape 7 or higher.
Open documents in a new window	Check this box if you want the documents you download to open in a new window (not inside the work area).

Preferences

Select presentation of the tree in courses and communities

Select whether to use the simplified or entire navigation tree in courses and communities. More information about the various navigation trees can be found here.

Select text editor

Choose which text editor to use. You can choose from these editors:

Simple editor: This is a plain text editor, the simplest of the three itslearning editors. It has no editing options.
Rich-text editor: This is the newest and recommended editor. It requires no plugins in the browser. The Rich-text editor is compatible with most Internet browsers which include: IE 5.5 or higher (Windows), Firefox 1.0 or higher, Mozilla 1.3 or higher and Netscape 7 or higher.

Open documents in a new window

Check this box if you want the documents you download to open in a new window (not inside the work area).

Accessibility
Accessibility	When Accessibility is enabled, itslearning goes into accessibility mode. As a result, the following settings are turned on: simplified tree structure, simple editor and scroll bars for all frames. The accessibility mode ensures that itslearning is accessible to people with special needs, such as the visually impaired.

Accessibility

When Accessibility is enabled, itslearning goes into accessibility mode. As a result, the following settings are turned on: simplified tree structure, simple editor and scroll bars for all frames. The accessibility mode ensures that itslearning is accessible to people with special needs, such as the visually impaired.

Change password

This page allows you to change your itslearning password. You can read more about passwords and password complexity and password rules in the Administration section.

Changing the itslearning password.