myUA Glossary

Channels – Channels provide information at-a-glance with click-throughs to topic-specific information, web services or other applications. Channels can have targeted and non-targeted content.

Content – Content is the information and services displayed in a channel containing links, text, and images.

Custom – The term custom is used to describe a tab or channel that is not out-of-the-box.

Layout – Layout is the term used to describe what the content of portal page looks like. It is a combination of tabs, columns, and channels.

Luminis – the name of the suite of software products, developed by SCT, that runs the MyUA portal.

Predefined – Predefined is a term that refers to those tabs and channels that the portal administrator has placed in each user’s layout. When a user first logs in to MyUA, the users sees a set number of predefined tabs with predefined channels. This layout was created by portal administrators with content relevant to all users and to the user- specific role (student, faculty, and staff). Users can add new tabs to their layouts and populate them with other channels to which they are able to subscribe.

Role – MyUA users are assigned one or more roles based on information extracted from Banner. A user will have the role of ‘student’, ‘faculty’, or ‘staff’ or any combination of the three if they hold multiple roles. The portal software uses roles to personalize content presented to users.

Tabs – Tabs are click-through navigational tools in the portal. Just as a section of the newspapers contains stories on the same topic, tabs usually contains channels with a common theme. Predefined Tabs appear in the portal according to the user’s role. Users can also create their own tabs.

Targeted Content Channels – Content for channels can be targeted at users based upon their role(s) or access group.