1. 2015 Redrock Software Conference Bells and Whistles Customizing Your Trac System Session 10 10:50am – 11:50am David Booth & Jennifer Turley

2. 2015 Redrock Software Conference Why Customize? Provide seamless transition from campus sites to your Trac System Keep your Trac System in line with established institution design guidelines Activate only those features that you use in your Trac System Why not? It is simple to customize and personalize the Trac System to how your centers need to operate

3. 2015 Redrock Software Conference What to Customize? Access Appearance Information Function

4. 2015 Redrock Software Conference Access How will users connect to and access your Trac System? LDAP or Active Directory (AD) authentication Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication CAS, Blackboard, or custom

5. 2015 Redrock Software Conference Appearance Customizations enhance user experience Provide information for users Familiar look and feel to other systems Create custom links and help

6. 2015 Redrock Software Conference Tasteful vs. Tacky Don’t Distracting colors Unclear directions Too many images Multiple fonts Scrolling or flashing text Do Simple colors Precise instruction Single font Minimalist design

7. 2015 Redrock Software Conference Ugly Sweater Syndrome

8. 2015 Redrock Software Conference Appearance Preferences General: School Logo defaultProfile campusColorData CampusName formatID Default Page: MsgsAll LoginLinkData HTML:NoAccessMsg Customize the logo, colors, and naming of your Trac System Provide specific instruction on how to log in, change the look of the page, or display a custom message when a user fails the login Insert a Campus box with a custom help link and hide/show a Redrock Welcome box for general information about the Trac System

9. 2015 Redrock Software Conference Information Advanced Prefs – facMainMenuSpecNoticeHTML – studMainMenuSpecNoticeHTML – StdHelpLink – CampusNameUsedForTitle Main Menu Tabs Student Entry Tabs Profile Notices RSS Feed

10. 2015 Redrock Software Conference Function Center, Subject, Reason Choices on Login Consultant Choice on Login or Logout Consultant Choice on Search Availability

11. 2015 Redrock Software Conference Questions? Thank you for your participation!