In the Account portal settings, you can customize the Overview page in the Account Portal and choose which content appears to minors, provided that you've been assigned either the Admin or the Site Admin role.
To restrict visibility for minors, use the Showcase is visible to minors toggle. When disabled, the showcase is hidden for accounts identified as minors.
Dashboards normally display a Your next read showcase generated from the items the patron has saved or bookmarked. If a patron has no saved items, you can define a backup showcase that is displayed instead.
To set the backup showcase
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From the Settings menu, select Interface configurations > Account portal settings.
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In the Account portal builder section, use the search box next to the Your next read showcase preview to find the showcase to use.
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Select Save showcase.
You can remove the backup showcase at any time by selecting Remove.
The second showcase block allows you to configure the featured showcase, which appears for all patrons regardless of their activity.
To set the featured showcase
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From the Settings menu, select Interface configurations > Account portal settings.
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In the Account portal builder section, use the search box next to the featured showcase preview to find the showcase you want to display.
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Select Save showcase.
You can remove the backup showcase at any time by selecting Remove.
Minor accounts
These settings help you identify accounts and control the access minors have to specific areas of Discover.
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Use birthday to identify minors
The preferred method of identifying minors is to use the ILS birth date information. When this setting is enabled, you can set the age from which a minor may use Discover independently. -
Minors can unlink from adult accounts
When this setting is enabled, minors can unlink from adult accounts at any time, regardless of who initiated the connection. -
ILS Minor Criteria
If no birth date is available, you can select criteria that identify accounts as belonging to minors. If any of the criteria is a match, the account is flagged as a minor.
