Setting

Description

Display Options

Default list size

Select the number of items to display in your Announcements feed, My Items, and Explore lists.

Number of activities on Announcements feed items

Select the maximum number of events you want to display for each Announcements feed item.

My Modifications

Select whether to include activity you make on your own items in your Announcements feed.

Number of unread invites on dashboard

Select how many unread invites appear on your dashboard.

Item Defaults

Item feedback

Select whether you want to allow comments or assessments by default when creating items.

Note: These settings enable commenting and assessments; you still need to set permissions around who can add comments or assessments.

Default presentation theme

This area displays the current default theme for the organization.

If you have permission, you can click the Manage Themes link to make edits to presentation themes and their styles. Your edits are visible to all other users in your organization.

RSS Updates

Feedback RSS

Notifies you when edits, comments, or assessments are made on one of your portfolio items by another user.

To use RSS feeds, you must subscribe to an external RSS reader.

Ignore List

Ask for confirmation before ignoring items from users

Select if you want to see a confirmation dialog asking if you want to ignore items from a user.

Ask for confirmation before restoring items from users

Select if you want to see a confirmation dialog asking if you want to restore items from a user.

Invite RSS

Notifies you when you receive an invite to view another user's item.

To use RSS feeds, you must subscribe to an external RSS reader.

Sharing Settings

Invite Delivery Method

Select Email Invitation if you want to receive an email when others invite you to view items from their Brightspace ePortfolio.

A copy of the invite always appears on your Invites page.

Default Sharing Group

Select a default sharing group to apply to all new items in your Brightspace ePortfolio that meet your filter criteria. Use this option if you consistently share new items with the same group of users.