System Settings

System Settings provides a centralized location where admins can configure updates across their platform(s).

To access System Settings, log in as an admin to TAO Portal. In the top-right corner of the Portal interface, select the circular button. In the menu that displays, select System Settings.

Branding

This editor allows you to customize text and images across all environments in your organization. The following aspects of your user interface are configurable:

• Product name: Enter the name of your organization (TAO Portal by default)

  

• Login page title: Edit this text, which will display above the username and password text boxes.

• Corporate title: This text displays to the left of the username and password text boxes.

• Corporate text: This text displays to the left of the username and password text boxes.

• Display login page links: Toggle this option on or off to display the TAO-branded links on the login page (i.e knowledge base, service desk).

• Images

  • Login page background image

  • Logo image (displays in top-left corner of the Portal).

TAO Portal

This editor displays which functional aspects of the TAO Portal that are currently editable at the platform-wide level.

Mandatory emails

The current available option is to make email a mandatory field for new users. Making emails mandatory enhances security (accounts with emails must be validated) whilst also improving user experience (i.e, if a user forgets their password).

Once mandatory emails are enabled in System Settings, all existing users without an email will be redirected to their profile and asked to provide an email upon login.

For more information, see the following articles:

• Creating a new user ← adding an email for a new user

• Editing an existing user ← adding an email and/or sending a verification link for existing users

• Managing your TAO Portal account ← enabling email notifications and security options

TAO Advance

This editor displays which aspects of session presentation are configurable platform-wide.

The elements configured in this section will apply to each session launched within the organization.

Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs display at the top-left of an open session. They typically display name of the test, section, and item the test taker is currently on.

In the TAO Advance editor, you can disable whether the test, section, or item title displays (or all disable breadcrumbs). You can also edit what will display instead of the original names/titles.

These titles can also be edited during test authoring. For more information, see Test settings.

Test navigation

For more information on test navigation options, see Test Part settings.

Enable linear navigation delay: Add a delay (in seconds) before the forward navigation button becomes clickable in linear navigation tests/parts. This prevents test takers from accidentally skipping an item without being able to go back.

Restrict non-linear navigation: The option to restrict non-linear navigation so that users can freely go back to any item, but can only go forward to the next item is now available. Once this feature is enabled, this behavior will replace the existing behavior for the non-linear navigation (users freely navigating to any past or future item).

Images

Add a test runner logo image. This will display in the top-left corner of a test session.

Diagnostic Tool

The Diagnostic Tool is a TAO-provided utility that helps confirm whether an organization’s environment meets the requirements for a delivery. It runs a short set of checks (browser compatibility, network performance, endpoint reachability, real-time connection capability, and optional audio checks).

The Diagnostic Tool is not available by default. If you are interested in accessing this feature for your organization, please speak to your Account Manager.

The tool is configurable at the account level and can be tailored (via System Settings) to collect additional contextual information (such as workstation name or school) to support troubleshooting and analysis.

Configuring the Diagnostic Tool (System Settings)

Account administrators can configure which fields and checks are included using the Diagnostic Tool editor in System Settings.

Available configuration options

• Enable or disable audio checks using a toggle

• Add or remove contextual input fields, such as:

  • Workstation name

  • School name

  • Country

• Mark each field as required or remove a field

• Add additional custom fields as needed for your organization

The Diagnostic Tool interface shown to users will reflect these settings.

Beta features

To enable email notifications, toggle the Email Notifications in the Beta Features tab. For more information on email notification options (that can be enabled after this option is selected in System Settings), see Managing your TAO Portal account.