PERSONALIZE: EBS Portal Landing Page

CAUTION: The EBS Portal will allow you to DRAG tiles from one section to another using your mouse. We strongly recommend against this! Problems may result when new tiles are introduced or discontinued tiles eliminated.

Rather, you have the ability to create a list of favorite tiles in the EBS Portal called "My Home." This is the recommended way to personalize the EBS Portal's layout. 

Create a "My Home" group (recommended)

Begin personalizing by going to the person icon in the page header (upper right) to open the "me area."

  1. For all personalization begin by clicking the edit home page icon.
  2. Scroll to the top of the page to the "My Home" section.
  3. Click the large tile-sized plus sign.
  4. In the following screen, scroll through to find the desired tile
    Alternatively, you can use the "Search in catalog" field located just below the person icon from step #1
  5. Click the "Add to Group: My Home" (pushpin icon) button for all tiles you want to add.
  6. When done adding icons, click the Michigan State University logo or back button in the EBS Portal header to return to your home page of tiles.
  7. Return to the person icon at upper right and choose "Exit edit mode."

Add & Remove Tiles

Though not recommended, you can modify the standard groups of tiles.

  1. For all personalization begin by clicking the edit home page icon.
  2. Scroll to the group you want to edit.
  3. To remove a tile, click the "remove" button (x icon) in the upper right of the tile
  4. To add a tile:
    1. Click the large tile-sized plus sign.
    2. In the following screen, scroll through to find the desired tile
      Alternatively, you can use the "Search in catalog" field located just below the person icon from step #1
    3. Click the "Add to Group: ..." (pushpin icon) button for all tiles you want to add.
  5. When done adding icons, click the Michigan State University logo or back (arrow) button in the EBS Portal header to return to your home page of tiles.
  6. Return to the person icon at upper right and choose "Exit edit mode."

Change Tiles to Links

To save space on the landing page, you can change tiles to a smaller link. Links appear under the tiles in the same group. You may also want to do this if there are links that you want to de-emphasize, or even emphasize, depending on your preference.

From the "me area" go to the "Edit Home Page." From here you can either drag the tiles down into the link area, or use the menu on each tile to "Convert to Link." To restore a link to a tile, just drag it back, or use the menu again.

Note that when a tile becomes a link, it will no longer display:

  • The unique icon that was on the tile
  • Any additional information on the tile, like "New Window Opens"
  • The count of pending items, if there is one

Create Other Groups

You can create new groups besides "My Home" and the groups that are presented by clicking the "Add Group" option while in edit mode (see above) Again return home to see the work. Go back to the person icon, exit the edit mode, and you can see the changes.

  1. For all personalization begin by clicking the edit home page icon.
  2. Scroll to where you would like to insert a group
  3. Click the "Add group" button
  4. Name the group
  5. Click the large tile-sized plus sign.
  6. In the following screen, scroll through to find the desired tile
    Alternatively, you can use the "Search in catalog" field located just below the person icon from step #1
  7. Click the "Add to Group: ..." (pushpin icon) button for all tiles you want to add.
  8. When done adding icons, click the Michigan State University logo or back button in the EBS Portal header to return to your home page of tiles.
  9. Return to the person icon at upper right and choose "Exit edit mode."

Rearrange Groups

Groups can also be arranged by going into "edit home page," then personalization mode, then by dragging groups around. 

  1. For all personalization begin by clicking the edit home page icon.
  2. Grab the group by the top edge next to the group name and pull it to where you'd like to be located.
  3. When done rearranging, return to the person icon at upper right and choose "Exit edit mode."