View source for User profiles

{{Site appearance}}
Every user in Moodle has a Profile page which may be reached from the user menu top right and then clicking Profile.  This page contains links to further pages allowing the user to [[Edit profile |edit their profile information]] and preferences, view their forum/blog posts, and check any reports they have access to.

[[File:newprofile.png|thumb|center|600px|Example of a user's Profile page]]

==Viewing others's profiles==

Users with permission to view the profiles of other users can view them by clicking on their name. If they click on the name of a user within a course, the course profile will be displayed and the full profile may be viewed (if allowed)  by clicking the link  "Full profile" in the Miscellaneous section:

[[File:fullprofilelink.png]]

Note: All users are allowed to view the full profile of users listed as course contacts in the course description.

See [[View profile]] for more information on how the profile information is displayed and [[Edit profile]] for information on updating profiles.

==Site administration settings==

===Site policies===

An administrator can force users to login for profiles and select which roles are visible in user profiles (by default teacher, non-editing teacher and student) in ''Administration > Site administration > Security > Site policies''.

===Default profile page===

An administrator or manager (or any other user with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/user:managesyspages|moodle/user:managesyspages]]) can set which blocks appear on the default profile page for all users from ''Administration > Site administration > Appearance > Default profile page''.

Clicking the button 'Reset profile for all users' will then apply these settings to the profile pages of everyone on the site.

==Preventing users from customizing their profile page==

By default, users can customize their public profile page and add blocks. To prevent this

# Go to ''Administration > Site administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles''
# Edit the authenticated user role and untick the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/user:manageownblocks|moodle/user:manageownblocks]]

==User profile capabilities==

System:
*[[Capabilities/moodle/user:editownprofile|Edit own user profile]]
*[[Capabilities/moodle/user:manageownblocks|Manage blocks on own public user profile]]
*[[Capabilities/moodle/user:managesyspages|Configure default page layout for public user profiles]]
*[[Capabilities/moodle/user:update|Update user profiles]]

Users:
*[[Capabilities/moodle/user:editprofile|Edit user profile]]
*[[Capabilities/moodle/user:manageblocks|Manage blocks on user profile of other users]]
*[[Capabilities/moodle/user:viewalldetails|View user full information]]

Course:
*[[Capabilities/moodle/user:viewdetails|View user profiles]]

==See also==
*[[My profile]]
*[[View profile]]
*[[User profile fields]]
*[[Site policies]]
*[[Update profile]]



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