Student Portal Global Settings

While setting up PowerFAIDS Student Portal, be sure to review and configure global settings. Global Settings include the name of the portal you want displayed to your students and gives you the option to use students' preferred name instead of first name when available.

Tip: The Use Student Preferred Name option is disabled by default. If this setting is enabled, the portal will still default to the student's first name if no preferred name is present.

To configure global settings for Student Portal, complete the following steps:

  1. Select Student Portal in the top navigation bar to open the Student Portal administration module in a separate browser tab.
  2. Select Global Settings in the left navigation menu.
  1. Enter a Student Portal Display Name.
  2. If you want to use the student’s preferred name when available, enable the Use Student Preferred Name setting.

    Tip: The Use Student Preferred Name option is disabled by default.

  3. After configuring according to your preferences, select Save.