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In Home, you can set preferences for how often you receive email notifications of site activity, set your time zone, and select your language. You can also hide sites from your list of active sites.

==Go to '''Preferences'''.==
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Select the '''Preferences''' tool from the Tool Menu in '''Home'''.

==Notifications.==
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To customize your notification settings, click the '''Notifications''' tab.

===Select notification preferences.===
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You may choose from the following options for low priority email notifications in the Announcements, Resources and Drop Box, Email Archive, Syllabus, and Tests & Quizzes tools.
* Do not send me notifications.
* Send me one email per day summarizing all notifications.
* Send me each notification separately. (Default setting)
If you change any of these settings, click '''Update Preferences''' to save your changes.

''Note: These settings only apply to low priority items. High priority items will still be sent via email regardless of your settings here.''

==Time Zone.==
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To set your local time zone, click the '''Time Zone''' tab.

===Choose your time zone.===
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Select your local time zone from the list, and then click '''Update Preferences'''.

==Language.==
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To set your preferred language, click the '''Language''' tab.

===Choose your language.===
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Select your preferred language from the list, and then click '''Update Preferences'''.

==Sites.==
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The Sites tab allows you to select your preferred site tab display format, as well as hide sites from the site drawer.

===Site Tab Display Format.===
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Select either '''Site Title''' or '''Site Short Description''' as the display format for the site tabs in the site navigation bar at the top of the screen.

===Hiding sites.===
To hide one or more of your active sites, click the '''Sites''' tab.

Hidden sites will show up in your list of all enrolled sites in tools such as Site Setup and Membership; however, they do not appear in the top navigation bar or in your Sites drawer.

''Note: Hidden Sites are still active in the system, and are still available to other enrolled users regardless of individual site display preferences.''

===Select the sites you want to hide, then click '''Update Preferences'''.===
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==Editor.==
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This tab allows you to set your preference for the '''Rich Text Editor''' toolbar throughout the system.

===Choose your editor preference, then click '''Update Preferences'''.===
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