Cougarnet tabs & channels

Interface and layout

CougarNet’s user interface is based on a tabs-and-columns structure. Each of the tabs on the default interface consists of many columns, each of which contains one or more channels of information. Users are allowed to add additional tabs and/or reconfigure the existing tabs and columns. You may also add, delete, or move channels. The tab and channel customization is similar to other portals such as MyYahoo.

Tabs

Tabs display individualized Web pages with content customized to your role. Faculty will see different tabs than students. Some tabs that you might see include: Tutorial , My Courses, Resources.

Channels

This system provides content through channels. Channels are differentiated from each other by a bold rule, and each contains a title and a tool bar. In general, channels provide at-a-glance information with click through that links to expanded. Some channels that you see include: personal announcements, campus announcements, my calendar, school resources. Depending on how your institution has configured each channel, this tool bar may provide options such as the ability to delete the channel during your current online session, maximize the channel, minimize the channel (thereby removing the text but preserving the title), or even get help topics about the channel.
Personal layout and content customization: By default, CougarNet provides great flexibility for you to customize the tabs and channels that you have in your layout. In general the system allows you to:

• Add tabs to your layout.
• Modify tabs to remove them from your layout, move tabs to a new position, rename them, set the default tab that opens when you log on, or change the way the tab opens.
• Add columns to a tab.
• Modify columns to reorder or delete them.
• Add channels to new or existing tabs.
• Modify channels to move them to other tabs, reorder channels on a given tab, or delete channels from a tab. To modify tab and channel properties or to add new tabs and channels to the layout, you must Access the Content/Layout page by click on the Content/Layout link located at the top left of the home page.

Quick reference guide (PDF)