General settings

In this article

In this article you find the following information:

• Defining the default time zone of your assessmentQ environment
• Setting the default locale for your users
• Setting the default interface language for your users

Defining the default time zone of your assessmentQ environment

As an administrator, you can change the default time zone for your assessmentQ environment. 

All dates and times in e-mail notifications and in assessment modules are calculated and displayed based on the selected time zone and locale. The selected time zone is mentioned between brackets in the e-mails, for example:  4/10/2023 23:34 (UTC+10:00).

Procedure

Proceed as follows to set the time zone for your assessmentQ environment:

1. Go to Settings > General.
2. Go to the Time zone part.
3. Select the time zone of your choice. 
   
   Result: All dates and times in e-mail notifications and in all assessment modules are calculated and displayed based on the selected time zone. 

Setting the default locale for your users

As an administrator, you can change the default locale for your assessmentQ environment. The locale defines the formatting of dates, times and numbers.

All time and date indications in e-mail notifications and in assessment modules are displayed based on the locale. For example 4/10/2023 23:34 (UTC+10:00).

Procedure

To set the default locale, proceed as follows:

1. Go to Settings > General.
2. Go to the Locale part.
3. Select the locale of your choice.

   

Setting the default interface language for your users

As an assessmentQ administrator, you can set the default user language. All new accounts will automatically get this language.

Procedure

To set the default user language, proceed as follows:

1. Go to Settings > General.
2. Go to the Languages part.
3. Select the language of your choice.

   

   Result: All newly created accounts will automatically be assigned this language.