There are two areas that show your tools, on the front page shown here and in the image on the left and in the in the main tool bar as shown below.
To edit this section click the "Customize your tools" link at the bottom of this section.
in the image on the right.
The "MY TOOLS" on the homepage only gives you the "Customize My Tools" link.
The "My Tools" menu dropdown gives you two options at the bottom: The "All Tools" selection takes you to a master list of tools with descriptions that show all of the "ready to select" tools.
The "Customize My Tools" link allows you to edit the tools that show in this dropdown and the homepage "My Tools" section above.
All Tools - Tools Master List
View all the tools available and their descriptions.
The links are clickable so you can check that it is the correct tool to add.
Customize My Tools
Here you see the Master list with the green plus signs. Clicking the Plus sign next to the tool will add it to your personalized list, shown on the right.
The "My List (netid)" shows you all the tools you have added to your list. If you want to remove a tool from the list simply click the red minus sign next to the tool you would like to remove.
Add a tool Your Own Tool (not on the master list)
If you have checked the master list and don't see the tool you want to add you can add it at the bottom of the "Customize My Tools" page using the "Add Your Own Tool" function.
- To use it you must add a name and make sure that is meaningful to you.
- Add the URL,
- You can see that the field for the URL is populated with the "http://" that most addresses require but because some of them are "https://" I always pull the page that I want to add up in the browser, then copy and paste the URL.
To copy and paste:
Click in the URL address line.
While your are still hovering over the address, right click your mouse.
Select "Copy" from the dropdown list.
In the "Tool URL:" delete the http:// that is in the field.
Right click in this field and select paste from the list.
Click the "+ Add" button and you are done
The new "Tool" should show up on your list. If it does not show there you may have forgotten to enter the tool name.