Project Preferences Page Introduction

The Project Preferences page is where you can set your Group Administrator access levels and set your project sharing preferences. 

Note: This page only applies to you if you have joined a FamilyTreeDNA Group Project. If you have not joined a project, your Project Preferences page will be blank.

Accessing Project Preferences 

To access the Project Preferences page:

1. Sign in to your kit.
2. In the upper-right corner of the page, hover your cursor over your name/Kit No., and click Account Settings from the drop-down menu.
   
3. At the top of Account Settings, click Project Preferences.

Project Preferences Page Overview 

The Project Preferences page contains the following sections:

1. Project Preferences - Navigates between pages within Account Settings.
2. Opt in to Group Project Participation - Group Projects are designed to be collaborative, and as such, certain  information is shared with Group Project administrators and fellow project members. The informed consent document outlines these participation terms, and can be accessed here.
3. Group Project Profile - Identifying information such as full names, emails, and addresses are never shown to fellow group project members. However, individual project administrators may choose to share pseudonymized information about project members. This information does not personally identify you, but can be invaluable for researchers. 
4. Coding Region and Haplotype Sharing - Some mtDNA Coding Region mutations carry medically relevant information, and as such they are not shared with matches. They may contain genealogically relevant mutations as well, however, so we offer the choice to make these mutations visible to project administrators. 
5. Group Project Administrator Access - This is where you can set the access levels for your Group Administrators and Co-Administrators. You may set the access levels individually for projects, and the administrators of those projects.
6. Group Project - Lists all Group Projects of which you are a member. 
7. Group Administrators - Lists the volunteer administrator(s) for each project. Some projects may have more than one administrator or co-administrator, and you can set the access levels individually. 
8. This column offers two actions:
   - opens a pop-up window that lists of the project administrator(s) of that project and tailor the settings for each administrator. Clicking on this icon will open a pop
   
   - Removes the kit from the project. 

Selecting Access Permissions

Clicking the pencil icon in the Actions column will open the following pop up window:

The pop up window contains the following columns:

1. Name - This is the full name of the Project administrator or co-administrator.
2. Role - This specifies if they are an administrator or co-administrator. You can read more about the differences here.
3. Access - This lists the access level granted to a specific administrator. For details on access levels please see Group Project Administrator Access Levels and Permissions.
4. Allow MyHeritage Connection - This allows the project administrator to upload and manage your tree on myHeritage. 
5. Allow Future Access - Projects may gain or lose administrators over time, and this allows you to set a default permission level for any new administrators. 
6. Accept Project Preferences - Important: Remember to click the Accept Project Preferences button before leaving this page to save any changes you make.