Preferences

The Preferences link, available from the Global Actions Menu (person icon), opens a window supplying you with controls for the general appearance of pages in CengageNOWv2.

This option lets you control the default setting of all CengageNOWv2 pages with Show All Options/Hide All Options links.

The show/hide links in CengageNOWv2 keep additional or advanced options out of the way until you need them. If you use these advanced options frequently, you may wish to have your CengageNOWv2 pages always show them by default. You can later change this setting manually on any page.

To hide any additional or expert options by default on all pages, select Hide All Options.

This setting allows you to enter a numeric value to create page "lengths" from 10 through 100 rows of items. For example, you can use this setting to display a list of 100 students as one page of 100 students, two pages of 50 students each, or ten pages of 10 students each.

To divide long lists of information, select the check box for Break up a table into separate pages when it contains more than the following number of entries. You can then enter a number of entries per page in the text box.

To display long pages showing the complete list of entries, clear the check box.

This setting allows you to determine how assignments are sorted in dropdown menus throughout CengageNOWv2. After choosing a sorting method, you may need to refresh your browser for the changes to take place.

° Name. Arranges assignments by name in descending alphabetical order.

° Due Date. Arranges the assignments by due date in descending order, with those assignments with no due date listed first.

° Available Date. Arranges assignments by their available date in descending order.

° Possible Score. Arranges assignments by their possible score from least to greatest.

° Grade Weighting Category. Arranges assignments by the name of their grading category in descending alphabetical order.

° Type. Arranges assignments by type in the following order: External, Homework, Reading, Adaptive Study Plan, and Test.

° Custom Sort Order. Arranges assignments in the order in which they were created, with the assignment created first being first in the list and so on.

° Takes Allowed. Arranges assignments by number of takes, starting with assignments with unlimited, then followed by least to most.

Selecting this option limits the display of course folders throughout CengageNOWv2 to only those that contain courses you are teaching or enrolled in. This option affects which folders are available on the Courses page and those listed in the Course or Section dropdown menus on the Assignments, Users, and Gradebook pages. By default, Courses that I see is set so all public folders in your institution are shown.

When you are done making your selections on the Preferences page, click Save These Changes. You can also click Cancel to discard your changes and exit without saving.