Version 2.1.2 - Last update: January 21, 2022
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The collegeportal administrator manages the content of their college's portal by creating portlets using a variety of built-in portlet tools. The portlets you can create include:
Static content portlets
Surveys (with smart forms)
Advisor cards (with notifications)
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The college portal administrator manages content by creating specific portlets and then adding or removing them for specified user groups, applying portlet expiration dates, etc. The steps to do all of this are included within the instructions for creating each of the different portlets currently available, including:
Surveys
Advisor Cards Cards
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Portlet Basics
Anything that you create or configure to display inside your college portal is considered a portlet. A portlet is basically a "container" for the thing you are creating or configuring to display.
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Navigate to Tenant Admin tab-> Portal Administration panel-> Manage portlets link to display the Portlet Registry screen.
When you click the Edit link for a portlet the Edit Portlet screen will be displayed.
Scroll down to the Lifecycle Management section and click the Option radio button that corresponds to the portlet state of Created, Approved, Published, Expired or Maintenance as needed.
If you want to set an optional expiration date for the portlet (only available when Approved or Published is selected), scroll down to the Automatic Expiration (optional) section and click in the Setting field to display a pop-up calendar where you can choose an expiration date.
After selecting the expiration date, drop-down list will be displayed so you can select the time (hour, minutes, and period of the day (AM or PM)) the portlet will expire.
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Note: When the selected date and time are reached, the portlet will no longer display in the Portal and its state will automatically revert to the Option of Expired.
See:
Adding Static Content & Registering Portlets
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Note: The life cycle of the portlet can be modified as defined in the Portlet Lifecyclesection.
18. Click Save and Configure to save your content portlet and display the Edit Portlet Configuration content Editor screen.
19. Enter and format the content you want to display in the portlet. If you are familiar with HTML, CSS, or Javascript, you may edit the portlet's code by clicking the Source button. To embed a video in your new content portlet, see:
Embed a Video into a Content Portlet
Embed a Video with the OzPlayer Interface
Note: CKEditor won't always keep code entered into it from Source exact, so having a local copy is important.
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Note: The life cycle of the portlet can be modified as defined in the Portlet Lifecyclesection.
18. Click Save and Configure to save your App Launcher portlet and display the Edit Portlet Configuration screen.
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b. Follow the instructions for Adding Content to a Tabin the link below to add the survey portlet to the student layout. See the following next topics:
Fragment Administration Vs. Personal Customization
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Note: As values are entered into the Link field, search results matching the entered values will be displayed for selection.
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See Custom URLs on how to create customized links.
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A key concept in DLM is the "fragment." A fragment, in context of the Portal, is a layout element or piece that can be pushed out/merged into the larger end-user layout display. See Fragment Administration Vs. Personal Customizationbelow for more information.
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