How To Edit The Student Portal

Franklin Alves

July 18, 2023 13:14

The Student Portal has a wealth of information to share with your community! Customize your portal and make it a valuable stop for student involvement information.

Please note, only those with Campus Administrator access will be able to make changes to the Student Portal. If you do not see the options outlined below, please reach out to your Campus Administrator for assistance.

Edit the Student Portal

1. Hover over the gear icon on the left navigation menu and select "Settings".

2. From this secondary menu, click on "Student Portal."

3. There will be an image of your Student Portal on the screen. Click on the pencil icon in the upper right corner to access portal editing.

4. Begin your edits using the pop-up menu. Please use caution when editing! Any changes made and saved will take effect immediately and overwrite the current settings.

5. After you've made all the additions and changes necessary, scroll to the bottom of the editing menu and click the green "Save & Publish." The changes will be visible on the Student Portal immediately!

Student Portal Options

Dashboard Page Header This will be the name of your Student Portal and will overlay on their Cover Photo. This can be left blank.
Logo Your institutions logo. This logo should have a transparent background and fit within 350px by 70px.
Cover Photo This needs to be a 960 x 375 png file that is no larger than 5MB. Should contain no text unless you have chosen to not use the Dashboard Page Header and instead use a Cover Photo with Text on the image. FUN NOTE: We can support gif files in this field if you want to spice up your Cover Photo.
Cover Photo Blur You can choose between 0 and 30 to provide an overlay blur to the cover image. If a Cover Photo with Text on the image is provided, a 0 blur should be used.
Featured Content This allows you to highlight certain organizations, events, experiences, experience types, points, points skills or forms on your home page. These will create direct links to the featured content.
Colors Background - This is typically your institution's secondary color. This should not be a light color, never white, because the default header text for these files are going to always be white. Background Two - This is typically your institution's main color Navigation Bar - Best practice is to use white #fff Navigation Bar Link - Institution's main or secondary color Header Text - This color will show anytime someone uses the h1, h2, h3, etc. header text in HTML Rich Text. Button - This should not be a light color, never white Link Text - Hyperlink text color Scroll to the bottom of this page for a diagram of the color selections on a student portal.
Smart Transcript Transcript Color- The school can choose a color to liven up their Printable PDF Smart Transcript. If this field is left blank it will default to the Background color chosen above. Transcript Disclaimer - This text will appear at the bottom of the Printable PDF Smart Transcript. The institution can choose to personalize this text field with something like, "This institution endorses all information presented on this Co-Curricular Transcript". If this field is left blank it will default to say "Issued:(Today's Date)" Ex. Issued:7/21/22
Social Media Facebook ID: Enter their Facebook ID only. The Facebook ID is everything that comes after the last backslash (/) on their Facebook URL. Twitter: The Twitter handle is simply their Twitter username without the @ Ex. themoderncampus
Resource Links You can enter any resource links. It's nice to add their student life page to create their first resource link.
App Links Add the iOS Store and Android Store page links for the new mobile app:iOS Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/modern-campus-presence/id1638706822Android Store page: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moderncampus.presence&hl=en_US&gl=US
News Feed Using RSS (Really Simple Syndication) a campus can add a news feed to its site.More information on RSS feeds can be found at this link: https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-an-rss-feed-4684568You can use a feed validator to check if the provided RSS feed will work: https://www.rssboard.org/rss-validator/
Important Information Add something to this section so that your campus partners see if on their student portal page when you move them into training. It helps remind them to update it before rolling out their site to their students.