1. Student Manager Preferences: Overview
Preference Basics
Share a Few Favorite Preferences
Use the Force… ( SM Help)
Where Do You Go From Here? (Homework)
Questions

2. 278 Decisions, Decisions, Decisions Student Manager offers you over...
Options/Settings/Preferences
278
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

3. How Student Manager Works for YOU
. . . Depends on how YOU set your preferences

4. How do you get to preferences?

5. Your KOF controls who controls preferences!

6. Within that Screen Area
What’s up with the color coding?
IF user has permission
Affects ALL users
Within that Screen Area

7. VISIBLE, but NOT editable..
Global Preferences
VISIBLE, but NOT editable..
Non- Admin View

8. Full View.. Can View
AND
Edit all elements
Admin View

9. Preferences have Multiple Functions
Enable and Disable Fields
Control Field Behavior
Fields with check marks display on screen
How the field is labeled
Is the field validated?
Is the field encrypted?
Set default value for field
Control System Behavior
Enable Name Grouping
Turn features ON/Off
“Call Back/Tickler Reminders
Course Reminder
Clone Budget Records
etc. etc..

10. Disable 1st Word Auto Search
Some key Preferences!
Disable 1st Word Auto Search
On Slow Systems, Turning this ON
GREATLY improves Name look up speed
Is a user Level Preference

11. Store Date range and paste into Query (range of dates)
TIP:
Store Date range and paste into Query (range of dates)
Macro Fields
Macro Keys store messages for Quick Pasting into text, memo field, or query

12. Preview Courses for ACEweb
Set “root” of your ACEweb URL
AND.. You can change the Default browser

13. OK … You say you can’t get to Preferences?? (your KOF is stingy!!)

14. And SM Help comes to the rescue
And.. Once again… .
Cheryl
Search for:
Student Manager Preferences
And SM Help comes to the rescue 14

15. Questions?

16. Take the time to review your system preferences
Remind users to set up their e-signature line