Loyola Support Documentation

What is the Home Message of the Day?

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In the Overview area of Home, you will see announcements from your system administrator under "Message of the Day" (MOTD). The MOTD is typically used for system-wide announcements. 

View the MOTD.

MOTD widget

The Message of the Day widget appears in the Overview tool of Sakai Home.

Select Options to customize display. (Optional)

Select Options

Users may customize the appearance of the Message of the Day by selecting the Options tab from the Actions Menu.

MOTD Options.

Modify MOTD options and select Update
  1. Choose to view just the subject line or the entire body of the message (default selection) by selecting the appropriate radio button.
  2. Use the dropdown menu to select to view All, One, or Two lines of the message body.
  3. Specify how many days in the past messages should be displayed.
  4. Select Update to save any changes to settings.