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Editing Your Profile

Individual users can edit their profiles by clicking the Edit profile link accessed from the Profile page in the user menu (top right).

Administrators can update user profiles via Administration > Users > Accounts > Add a new user or Browse list of users or by clicking the profile of a user and clicking the Edit profile link in the User details secton.

The fields are divided into 6 sections - General, Preferences, User picture, Additonal names and Optional which are all explained below.

Remember to click 'Update profile' when you have finished.

General

This section is expanded by default. First name, Surname and Email address are compulsory fields. Depending on your administrator's settings (in the relevant authentication plugin settings) you may or may not be able to edit these.
The other settings - City/Town, Country, Timezone and Description are optional. The administrator might already have entered your city and country when your account was created.
The Timezone field is used to convert time-related messages on the system (such as assignment deadlines) from the local timezone (the time in London) to the correct time in whichever zone you have selected.

User picture

This section is optional and allows you to choose your own profile picture. Your current picture is shown, if you have already chosen one.

Note: If the admin has enabled it in Administration > Site Administration > Users > Permissions > User policies, a gravatar you might have attached to your email account will appear as your profile image if you don't upload a different one.

New picture

The "Choose a file" button allows you to choose a new picture for your profile. The picture must be in JPG or PNG format (ie the names will usually end in .jpg or .png).

To upload an image, click the "Upload a file" button from the list in the File_picker, and select the image from your hard disk.

NOTE: Make sure that the file is not larger than the maximum size listed, or it will not be uploaded.

Then click "Update Profile" at the bottom - the image file will be cropped to a square and resized down to 100x100 pixels.

When you are taken back to your profile page, the image might not appear to have changed. If this is so, just use the "Reload" button in your browser.

Additional names

If the administrator has activated this feature then you will be able to set your alternative or additional names here. See Additional name fields for more information.

Interests

Use tags here to display your interests on your profile page.

Optional

There are several optional fields allowing you to add further details to your profile such as contact details and your website.

Custom Profile Categories

If any custom user profile categories and fields have been created on your Moodle site, they will be listed at the bottom of the Admin >Accounts>User profile fields

Updating a user profile

Users with the capability moodle/user:update are able to update another user's profile i.e. in addition to being able to edit the profile, other settings such as password, authentication method and force new password may be changed. The username cannot be changed if it has been set by an authentication plugin, such as LDAP.

Account disabling

An account may be disabled by setting the authentication method to "No login". The account email may not be used to create another account.

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- '''Note for Contributors'''
+{{Accounts}}
- This page should explain what can be seen on the <u>moodlesite.com/user/edit.php</u> page
+==Editing Your Profile ==
- when a user is editing their profile
-To edit your personal information, click on "Edit profile", which you will find on the class page, under the “People” section.
+Individual users can edit their profiles by clicking the Edit profile link accessed from the Profile page in the  user menu (top right).
-“Edit Profile” allows you to change information about yourself. If you click on this you will see a list of fields to fill in. Most of the fields are straightforward, but several need special attention.
+Administrators can update user profiles via  ''Administration > Users > Accounts > Add a new user'' or ''Browse list of users'' or by clicking the profile of a user and clicking the Edit profile link in the User details secton.
-==Email display==
+The fields are divided into 6 sections - General, Preferences, User picture, Additonal names and Optional which are all explained below.
-This allows you to show or hide your email in the class. You can set it so all users (including guests) can see your email, or so that only other students in the class can see your email address, or so that no one can see your email address at all.
-==Email digest type==
+Remember to click 'Update profile' when you have finished.
-This setting allows you to choose how you want to receive any emails you get from forums.
-There are three choices:
+=== General ===
-===“No digest”===
-There is no email digest created – you will get every post, in full, that is made to a forum that you are subscribed to.
-===“Complete”===
+*This section is expanded by default. First name, Surname and Email address are compulsory fields. Depending on your administrator's settings (in the relevant authentication plugin settings) you may or may not be able to edit these.
-This creates a single email digest of all the posts made to a forum you are subscribed to. You will get one email per day containing all of the posts made to the forum.
+*The other settings - City/Town, Country, Timezone and Description are optional. The administrator might already have entered your city and country when your account was created.
+*The Timezone  field is used to convert time-related messages on the system (such as assignment deadlines) from the local timezone (the time in London) to the correct time in whichever zone you have selected.
-===“Subjects”===
+=== User picture ===
-This creates a single email digest that contains just the subject lines from the posts to any forums you are subscribed to. You can go to any topic that you are interested in.
+This section is optional and allows you to choose your own profile picture.  Your current picture is shown, if you have already chosen one.
-==Forum auto-subscribe==
+Note: If the admin has enabled it in ''Administration > Site Administration > Users > Permissions > User policies'', a gravatar you might have attached to your email account will appear as your profile image if you don't upload a different one.
-This setting lets you decide if you want email copies of posts that are added to forums (bulletin boards). If you set this to subscribe, the system will email you copies of new posts in forums that you join.
-==When editing text==
+'''New picture'''
-This can usually be left on “Use HTML editor.” This allows for text formatting options, but requires newer browsers. If you find your browser is not letting you edit text, change this setting to “Use standard web forms.”
-==Description==
+The "Choose a file" button allows you to choose a new picture for your profile. The picture must be in JPG or PNG format (ie the names will usually end in .jpg or .png).
-This can be anything you like – “Teacher,” “Mr. Riordan – CVCA,” or any text you like.
-==New picture==
+To upload an image, click the "Upload a file" button from the list in the [[File_picker]], and select the image from your hard disk.
-If you wish, you may upload a picture to represent you. To do this, click on the “Browse” button and find the picture you would like to upload, and click on “Open.” When you are finished, click on “Update profile.” You will now see your updated profile. To get back to your class, click on the short class name in the upper left (in my case, CMPTR101): This should take you back to the basic screen.
+NOTE: Make sure that the file is not larger than the maximum size listed, or it will not be uploaded.
+Then click "Update Profile" at the bottom - the image file will be cropped to a square and resized down to 100x100 pixels.
+When you are taken back to your profile page, the image might not appear to have changed. If this is so, just use the "Reload" button in your browser.
+===Additional names===
+If the administrator has activated this feature then you will be able to set your alternative or additional names here. See [[Additional name fields]] for more information.
+==Interests==
+Use tags here to display your interests on your profile page.
+=== Optional ===
+There are several optional fields allowing you to add further details to your profile such as contact details and your website.
+===Custom Profile Categories===
+If any custom user profile categories and fields have been created on your Moodle site, they will be listed at the bottom of the [[User profile fields|Admin >Accounts>User profile fields]]
+==Updating a user profile==
+Users with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/user:update|moodle/user:update]] are able to update another user's profile i.e. in addition to being able to edit the profile, other settings such as password, authentication method and force new password may be changed. The username cannot be changed if it has been set by an authentication plugin, such as [[LDAP authentication|LDAP]].
+==Account disabling==
+An account may be disabled by setting the authentication method to "[[No login]]". The account email may not be used to create another account.
+==See also==
+*[[User profiles]]
+[[fr:Modifier le profil]]
+[[de:Nutzerprofil aktualisieren]]
+[[es:Actualizar perfil]]

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