Platform

The Platform management block on the administration dashboard groups portal-wide configuration and communication tools — everything from the full settings panel to languages, public announcements, the global calendar, and the CMS-like Pages system that builds parts of your portal's public-facing content.

The Platform management block on the administration dashboard, listing Configuration settings, Languages, Plugins, Regions, Portal news, Global agenda, Pages, Setting the registration page, Extra fields, Configure multiple access URL, Mail templates, External tools (LTI), Contact form categories, and System templates

Accessing the Platform Block

From the administration panel, the Platform management block appears alongside the other dashboard blocks. Click any of its links to open the corresponding tool.

What's in the Block

• Platform Settings — The full configuration settings panel (portal, courses, sessions, users, security, and more). This block's "Configuration settings" link is simply the entry point into that separate chapter.

• Languages — Choose which interface languages are available to users, and set the platform default

• Portal News — Platform-wide announcements (system announcements), scheduled and targeted by role

• Global Agenda — Platform-wide calendar events, visible to every user regardless of course or session

• Pages — The CMS-like tool behind your portal's homepage, footer, and other public content blocks, including the registration page's intro text

• Platform Tools — Extra fields, mail templates, contact form categories, and a few smaller, conditionally-shown items

• Configure multiple access URL — Covered in Access URLs, under Multi-URL

• External tools (LTI) — Covered in LTI 1.3, under Integrations