Using MyEd for the first time
Information in this guide has been broken down into three steps which aims to guide
new users through the following;
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Step 1: EASE Registration and Login to MyEd
Step 2: Familiarisation with MyEd Navigation
Step 3: Customising MyEd to suit your own requirements.
Step 1: EASE Registration and Login to MyEd
Before you can use MyEd you need to have registered with the EASE authentication
system. You may already have done this for access to other EASE systems, for
example, SMS mail. If you have not, please follow these instructions.
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Register for EASE as a student applicant or member of the University, i.e.
Students, Staff, official Visitors.
https://www.ease.ed.ac.uk/userdocs/register.html
Register for EASE as an alumnus
https://www.ease.ed.ac.uk/userdocs/alumni-register.html
Once you have registered with EASE, you can login to MyEd as follows:
1. Go to https://www.myed.ed.ac.uk
2. Click on the blue button titled Login with EASE.
You will then be transferred to the EASE login page.
3. Type in your EASE Username and Password and click Login.
4. You should now be logged into MyEd, and you name will be displayed in the
top left hand of the screen.
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Step 2: Familiarisation with MyEd Navigation
Once you have logged into MyEd you will see a series of different navigation options:
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Header Options
Tabbed Pages
Channel Controls
Header Options
A standard set of MyEd navigation options will appear in the top right hand area of
your screen.
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Home - Home will always take you back to the first tabbed page in the MyEd.
Sitemap – Gives you a list of links to every channel on every tab from one
location.
Customise - Customise takes you into the User Preferences view, which
allows you to change the look and content of MyEd. More about
Customisation in Step 3 below.
Report a Problem – This link will take you to the Report a Problem channel
which allows you to report any questions, issues or queries about MyEd to the
IS Helpline.
Logout - You should always use this option to leave MyEd. When you logout,
any customisation changes you may have made will be saved.
Tabbed Pages
The next main area of navigation are the tabbed pages that hold all the different
content within MyEd. Clicking on a tab name will move you to that page.
Each of the tabbed pages are split into columns, with a selection of channels on each
column.
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Channel Controls
Each channel also has a set of icons in the top right hand corner, allowing you to
maximise or minimise the channel or get help information for example.
Icon Meaning
Remove channel from your layout
Detach channel - channel opens in a new window
Minimise channel - only channel title is visible
Maximise channel - channel title and content are visible
Focus channel - switches channel into focus mode
Help - displays channel help information.
Close channel - closes a channel if you are in focus mode.
Step 3: Customising MyEd
When you first login to MyEd you will be presented with a default set of channels and
colour scheme. The aim is to give you a broad overview of the types of content
available, with some channels that we know a lot of people will need included on your
layout. You do not need to keep this default layout, and there may be more channels
of interest to you that are not part of the default delivery.
The first and best place to start is on your Help tab. You can use the Channel
Catalogue to browse all the channels available in MyEd (even those you do not have
access to). This will give you an idea of the kind of content available. Obviously if
what you want is not there, then please let us know!
You can customise both the content and the look of MyEd to suit your own needs see the following sections for step by step guidance.
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Adding a New Channel
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Click on the Customise link in the top right hand area of your screen.
You will see a graphical representation of your MyEd layout.
Click the tab that you wish to add a channel to e.g. TODAY
In the column that you want to add a channel to, click Add Channel.
From the drop down, select the category that the channel is in e.g.
Communication and Events.
6. Select the appropriate channel from the list of channels displayed e.g. News
Reader.
7. Click Add.
8. You will be returned to the graphical overview of your layout and the channel
will have been added at the top of the appropriate column.
9. You can use the arrow buttons on the channel to move the channel up and
down the column or between columns. You can switch tabs and add more
content if you wish.
10. Click on the ‘<< Go to main portal’ link to finish customising.
Changing the Look of MyEd
1. Click on the Customise link in the top right hand area of your screen.
2. Select Choose a Skin.
3. Select the skin you wish to use, from the following choices; Contemporary
(default skin), High Contrast or Monochrome
4. Click Apply.
You will then be returned to MyEd with the new look that you have selected.
Adding a link to your favourite content from MyEd
New bookmarks can be added via the Bookmarks channel, which by default will be
on your Today tab. The Bookmarks channel comes with a set of pre-populated links
to some of the most used pages within the University, as well as other popular web
sites such as Multimap, Lothian Buses, Rail timetables etc.
1. On the Bookmarks channel, click the add bookmark icon
2. Select the folder that you wish to add your bookmark in (or select nothing to
add it at the top level).
3. Type in the Bookmark title and the URL. Add an optional Description for
your bookmark.
4. Click Add.
5. Once you are finished adding bookmarks click on the close
to your main layout.
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