# Sections

## Overview

A to-do section is a simple logical grouping of related to-dos which can be shared/made visible to others or kept private. Only domain admins can add, edit or remove the following default sections.

Network admins can manage the to-do sections, create new sections for all network users.

![Admin Portal > Modules > To Do > Sections](/files/-Lhjg-JGSA5WQW7rF0RQ)

1. **List of sections:** Displays all the to-do sections on your domain. MangoApps contains 3 default sections - *Current Items*, *Backlog Items*, and *Other Items*. As a network admin, you can click the toggle bar to enable/disable sections, drag-and-drop to re-order them.
   * ***Toggle bar:*** Click the **toggle bar** for a section to enable/disable it. *Disabling a section, hides the to-do items and section in the To Do module on the User Portal.*
   * ***Settings:*** Click the **Settings** button to edit a section.
   * ***Delete:*** Click the **Delete** button to delete a section. *Deleting a section moves the to-do items from the deleted section to the 'Other Items' section automatically.*
2. **+ Add New Section:** Click the **+ Add New Section** to create a new section for to-do list.
3. **Apply order to all users:** Click the **Apply order to all users** button to set the new sections order for all network users. *This **overwrites** the existing section order set by the network users and moves any user created sections to the bottom of the list.*

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Only **network admins** can add, edit, enable, disable or remove the default sections - Current Items, Backlog Items, and Other Items.
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### Adding a New Section

To add a new to do section:

1. Click the **+ Add New Section** link to open the New Section pop-up.
2. In the New section pop-up, enter the name for the section in the Section Name text box. For example, enter *Priority Items* in the Section Name text box.
   1. Enter a description for the new section in the Description text box.
   2. Choose a color for the section from the Color picker.
   3. Select Who can View the section on the User Portal.
      * ***Visible to user only:*** Display the to-do items from the section to the user only.
      * ***Visible to user's manager:*** Display the to-do items from the section to the user and the user's manager.
      * ***Visible to specific users decided by an external source:*** Display the to-do items from the section to specific users as defined in the third-party To-do list application. *Third-party To-Do applications could be Wunderlist, Any.do, Google Keep, etc. You **MUST** contact your MangoApps Account Manager to integrate third-party to-do list applications with MangoApps.*
        * ***Can User Add To-Do In This Section:*** Choose ***Yes*** allow users to add a to-do item in the section.
   4. Click the **toggle bar** for the Reminder option to add a reminder for the items in the to do section.
   5. Click the **Save** button to save the new section and close the New section pop-up.
3. Drag-and-drop the section as preferred to re-order it.
4. Click the **Apply order to all users** button to overwrite the section order for all network users.

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Adding a new section
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### Editing a Section

Click the **Settings** button for a section to open the Section Settings pop-up and edit the section.

## FAQs

### How can users override and manage the To Do Sections?

Network users can override and mange the sections for the To Do module via the User Portal:

![Overriding the Sections setting for To Do](/files/-Lj0dY1dlid4-mjVF4Yy)

1. In the User Portal profile drop-down, click **Change My Settings**.
2. Click the **To Do** tab.
3. Click **Sections**.
4. Drag-and-drop the sections as preferred to re-order them.
5. Click the **+ Add New Section** link to create a new to-do section.
   1. In the New section pop-up, enter the name for the section in the Section Name text box. For example, enter *Priority Items* in the Section Name text box.
   2. Enter a description for the new section in the Description text box.
   3. Choose a color for the section from the Color picker.
   4. Select Who can View the section on the User Portal.
      * ***Only Me:*** Display the to-do items from the section to only me.
      * ***My manager:*** Display the to-do items from the section to me and my manager.
      * ***Specific users:*** Display the to-do items from the section to specific users as defined by me.
   5. Click the **toggle bar** for the Reminder option to add a reminder for the items in the to do section.
   6. Click the **Save** button to save the new section and close the New section pop-up.

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Network users can create their own sections which they manage.
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Guest users **CANNOT** change the To Do settings since they do **NOT** have access to the module.
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#### To see how these configurations impact the To Do module on the User Portal, see [To Do Lists](https://guides.mangoapps.com/user-guide/to-do-lists) in the User Portal Guide.

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