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To edit your personal information, click on "Edit profile", which you will find on the class page, under the “People” section. | To edit your personal information, click on "Edit profile", which you will find on the class page, under the “People” section. | ||
“Edit Profile” allows you to change information about yourself. If you click on this you will see a list of fields to fill in. | “Edit Profile” allows you to change information about yourself. If you click on this you will see a list of fields to fill in. Some of the fields are quite straightforward, which is why they are explained altogether. | ||
== | ==Obligatory fields== | ||
==Email digest type== | ===First name, Surname, Email address=== | ||
The first three fields are quite self-explanatory. Here you will write the basic information about you. | |||
===Email display=== | |||
This allows you to show or hide your email in the class. There are three options: you can set it so that all users (including guests) could see your email, or so that only other students in the class could see your email address, or so that no one could see your email address at all. | |||
===Email activated=== | |||
You can either enable or disable the email address. | |||
===Email format=== | |||
===Email digest type=== | |||
This setting allows you to choose how you want to receive any emails you get from forums. | This setting allows you to choose how you want to receive any emails you get from forums. | ||
There are three possible choices: | |||
There are three choices: | ====“No digest”==== | ||
===“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. | 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”==== | |||
===“Complete”=== | |||
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. | 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. | ||
====“Subjects”==== | |||
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. | |||
=== | ===Forum auto-subscribe=== | ||
This | 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. | ||
===Forum tracking=== | |||
==When editing text== | ===When editing text=== | ||
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.” | 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== | |||
===City/town=== | |||
===Timezone==== | |||
===Preferred language=== | |||
===Preferred theme=== | |||
===Description=== | |||
This can be anything you like – “Teacher,” “Mr. Riordan – CVCA,” or any text you like. | This can be anything you like – “Teacher,” “Mr. Riordan – CVCA,” or any text you like. | ||
==New picture== | ==Optional fields== | ||
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.” | |||
There is a number of optional fields that can be filled in. | |||
===Current picture=== | |||
===New picture=== | |||
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.” | |||
===Web page=== | |||
===ICQ number=== | |||
===Skype ID=== | |||
===AIM ID=== | |||
===Yahoo ID=== | |||
===MSN ID=== | |||
===ID number=== | |||
===Phone 1=== | |||
===Phone 2=== | |||
===Address=== | |||
The last four are reserved for teachers only. | |||
To save the information you , click on “Update profile.” You will now see your updated profile. | |||
Revision as of 13:24, 15 July 2005
Note for Contributors This page should explain what can be seen on the moodlesite.com/user/edit.php page 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.
“Edit Profile” allows you to change information about yourself. If you click on this you will see a list of fields to fill in. Some of the fields are quite straightforward, which is why they are explained altogether.
Obligatory fields
First name, Surname, Email address
The first three fields are quite self-explanatory. Here you will write the basic information about you.
Email display
This allows you to show or hide your email in the class. There are three options: you can set it so that all users (including guests) could see your email, or so that only other students in the class could see your email address, or so that no one could see your email address at all.
Email activated
You can either enable or disable the email address.
Email format
Email digest type
This setting allows you to choose how you want to receive any emails you get from forums. There are three possible choices:
“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 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.
“Subjects”
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.
Forum auto-subscribe
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.
Forum tracking
When editing text
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.”
City/town
Timezone=
Preferred language
Preferred theme
Description
This can be anything you like – “Teacher,” “Mr. Riordan – CVCA,” or any text you like.
Optional fields
There is a number of optional fields that can be filled in.
Current picture
New picture
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.”
Web page
ICQ number
Skype ID
AIM ID
Yahoo ID
MSN ID
ID number
Phone 1
Phone 2
Address
The last four are reserved for teachers only.
To save the information you , click on “Update profile.” You will now see your updated profile.
