myPortal - Manage your Notifications

This article explains how users can manage their myPortal Account Settings (general, privacy and notifications)

Summary

This article explains how users can manage their myPortal Account Settings (general, privacy and notifications)

How-To

Instructions

Account Settings

Step 1 - Click on your Profile image to open the menu options.  Select Account Settings.  Any changes to the settings are automatically saved.

General

1. Messaging  Select the Circle icon to enable or disable the option to use the Enter key to send a message and to use Shift + Enter to add a new line.
2. Timezone Settings The default time zone is set to America/New_York.  Select the drop-down to select a different time zone.
3. Accessibility  Select the Circle icon to enable or disable the option to display video previews above the text in posts and announcements.
4. Integrations Microsoft accounts are connected which allows you to easily connect to any Microsoft tool.

Privacy  -  The default setting is Everyone.  Select the radial circle to change the setting.

1. The options for who find you in a search or connections are Everyone, Connections and Yourself. Each of the options listed in the image below can be changed.

 

Notifications (the image below does not include all the Notification settings).  Notifications can be setup in three different ways. Notifications can be setup by going to the Bell icon on the top banner, then select the option for email messages to be sent as either as separate emails or a single email, or as a text message when using Push.  The mobile app option is not setup yet so the Push option is not available at this time.

To turn off the receipt of Notifications, deselect the checkbox for the Notification you don't want to receive. If you don't want any, then deselect all the Notifications. You may receive more emails for the next 24hrs until the Notification has processed all emails that were in the queue prior to you changing the settings.

Notification settings options are:

1. How to receive email notifications; as separate emails or as a single email once a day

2. Comments, likes, mentions. The options on how you will be notified are through Notifications, Push and Email.

3. Posts.  There are non-group and group notification options. These can be set to notify you by Notifications, Push and Email.

4. Messages. You can set to be notified by Notifications, Push and Email.

5. Groups. These notifications are for when someone joins or leaves your group and when you've been added to a group

6. Events. These notifications are for when an event is created, an event changes, someone joins your event, you were added from a wait list and a reminder before an event starts.

7. Connections.  This notification informs you when someone wants to connect with you and when your connection request is accepted.

8. Pages.  When a new Page is created. This notification is not enabled.

9. Tools.  When a new Tool is created. This notification is not enabled.

10. Tasks.  When you receive a Task to complete by default you will be notified by Notifications and Push.

 

Outcome

Users should be able to identify how to locate and update their my.Portal account settings, General, Privacy and Notification settings

 

Further Readings 

How do I manage my Account Settings (general, privacy, and notifications?

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