Your personal settings let you control a number of features and functions in your Populi user account. To get there, click your picture/initials in the black bar in the upper right of the Populi screen (right next to the Search and Help links) and select Settings.
General settings
In addition to settings that control your timezone, profile privacy, email signature, and birthday announcements, staff and faculty users can set up an email dropbox and specify activity feed visibility.
Email dropbox
If you have the Staff or Faculty user role, you can use your dropbox to copy emails to a person's activity feed. This article has all the details.
Default activity feed visibility
When you post items to activity feeds (or send them there using your dropbox), you can select the user roles to which that item will be visible. In this settings, you can set up your default selections for item visibility so you don't have to re-check them each time you post. For example, a Student Billing user might want to ensure that everything she posts is visible to Financial Admin and Financial Aid users. Even after setting up your default, you can still adjust the visibility for any individual item you post. Emails sent from outside Populi to your dropbox will use your default visibility settings.
Security
Your security settings help you control access to your Populi login.
Reset password
It's a good idea to periodically change your password—not just to Populi, but to any site with sensitive information about you. To reset your password, enter your current password, your new one, and then confirm the new. The new password will be required next time you log in.
Login Approvals
Login approval is a security measure that helps protect your Populi user account by requiring an extra login "factor"—in this case, a passcode generated by an authenticator app on your smartphone.
- This article describes how to set up login approvals for your user account.
- If you haven't yet set up login approvals, click Enable login approvals to start the process; refer to the article linked above for further instructions.
Recognized Devices
Recognized devices are created whenever you log in to Populi on a new browser or device (a computer, phone, or tablet). This section lets you manage your devices. Read about how to manage them in this article.
Personal Data Archive
Read about exporting your personal data archive in this article.
Notifications
Here you'll set up your verified text notification number and email address. You'll also opt-in (or opt-out) to the reminders and other notifications you wish to receive.
Text notification number and email notification address
To receive notifications—which include everything from emergency notices to login approval passcodes to reminders and updates, you'll need to have a verified text notification number and/or email address. You can read about how to set those up in this article.
After verifying your text number and email address, you can opt-in to the various notifications listed below your number and email.
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