Appearance and Themes

Purpose: Use this module to configure the presentation of items shown to all users for your Accudemia site.
How to Access: Administration > Control Panel > Appearance and Themes

These are the options available if you selected the “college-level” when entering this section.

These options control the site theme and the logo that appears in the top-left of the account.

You can choose from various themes to define the color appearance of the site. Choose a combination of colors that goes well with your logo or the colors of your college. The default color used by Accudemia is  Blue  but you have the following color themes to choose from:

Click the Browse… button to choose a new College Logo that will replace the College Name in the top-left corner of the account that is visible on every screen in Accudemia. This will help personalize the website for your college. Be sure to click the Save Changes button at the top-right of the page to complete this process.

Click the Browse… button to choose a new Homepage Logo that will be shown in the News Section for the school in the top-left corner of the Announcement widget. This will help personalize the website for your college. Be sure to click the Save Changes button at the top-right of the page to complete this process.

Use this section to customize the login screen where your users will log into the backend of Accudemia. This can be written in HTML if you have someone who can make this look nice.

This will be used to replace the default College Name displayed on the login page. If empty, it will use the account's name set internally by Engineerica when your account was created.

Use this textbox to modify the “Sign-in Instructions” for the default login page to Accudemia if not using SSO (Single Sign-On). This customization will be used by all and is only available at the “college level”. This can be written in HTML if you have someone who can make this look nice.

Use this textbox to modify the default design template for the Sign-in Stations used by all newly created Centers. This is set up at the “college level” so this will only be the default template used but can be modified at each Center. This can be written in HTML if you have someone who can make this look nice.

In the dropdown menu, you can select whether to use the “Logo Only” or provide a “Full Content” header for your Sign-in Stations.

Use this textbox if you selected the “Full Content” header type and you want to modify the “center-level” appearance for the Sign-in Stations/Kiosks used by the Center selected coming into this screen.

1. To edit this section you can use the built-in editor or write your HTML by clicking the Source button .
2. As always, click the Save Changes button at the top of the page to save your work.

Use this option if you selected the “Logo Only” header type and you want to upload your Center's logo to the Kiosk/Sign-in Station. By clicking the Browse… button you will be able to search for and locate an image from your computer to upload it.

By selecting the checkbox the kiosk will show the instructions for signing in with a card reader.

If the option above is checked and this textbox is completed, then the instructions displayed for the card reader section will be replaced by what is in this textbox.

In this section, you can configure which roles have access to the different widgets on the Home Page, the last column determines in what order these widgets will be shown (please notice that some widgets can not be shown to specific roles). This selection can be set at the college scope or the center scope. From the homepage, when selecting a center from the list of centers on the homepage you can see different widgets based on the configuration. For example, you could decide to not show the “News Information” widget for one center while you do want to show it for another.

These are the available appearance options that you can customize directly at the “center level” for each center in Accudemia.

Here you can design how you want the Sign-in Stations to look and what information is displayed. Below is an example of editing the Sign-in Station screen using HTML:

In the dropdown menu, you can select whether to use the “Logo Only” or provide a “Full Content” header for your Sign-in Stations.

Use this textbox if you selected the “Full Content” header type and you want to modify the “center-level” appearance for the Sign-in Stations/Kiosks used by the Center selected coming into this screen. To edit this section you can use the built-in editor or write your HTML by clicking the Source button .

Use this option if you selected the “Logo Only” header type and you want to upload your Center's logo to the Kiosk/Sign-in Station. By clicking the Browse… button you will be able to search for and locate an image from your computer to upload it.

By selecting the checkbox the kiosk will show the instructions for signing in with a card reader.

If the option above is checked and this textbox is completed, then the instructions displayed for the card reader section will be replaced by what is in this textbox.

In this section, you can configure which roles have access to the different widgets on the Home Page, the last column determines in what order these widgets will be shown (please notice that some widgets can not be shown to specific roles). This selection can be set at the college scope or the center scope. From the homepage, when selecting a center from the list of centers on the homepage you can see different widgets based on the configuration. For example, you could decide to not show the “News Information” widget for one center while you do want to show it for another.

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