Profile & Privacy (Visibility)

Your profile in IEEE Collabratec, in part, represents your professional identity.  A completed profile offers more opportunities for networking and collaborating with your peers. At the same time, IEEE takes privacy very seriously and places the control of the visibility of the various elements of your profile in your hands. You determine what elements are displayed and to whom (which user segment). 

Collabratec provides members with a full profile view!

• You can view all elements at once simply by scrolling (versus only being able to view sections at a time via your IEEE Account UI)

• See scrrenshot of full profile showing all elements

NEW: Bidirectional added on 07 March 2025 (Release 12.3) provides Members ability to edit key elements of their Profile /Account, such as Address, Biography, Education and Employment without leaving Collabratec! All entry field options are available. Any changes will be reflected throughout the IEEE universe (master database).

Your profile is displayed in 3 forms on the platform (and the visibility settings will affect all three): 

1- Full profile page (View Profile)

2- Profile summary 

    displays a subset of information as part of a listing in the People section (as part of the Member Directory if you are a Member) as well as in the Participants list of Workspaces and Communities. Provides basic information to allow for networking with peers during filtered searches. 

3- Profile Quick-view popup 

    a fairly new feature which when a user's name is clicked on anywhere throughout the platform, a popup display appears with a subset of information, typically more information than a profile summary and less than a full profile page (advantage: popup avoids navigating away from present engagement).

The look of your profile will depend on whether you are a member or a non-member. If you are a member, two types of information will be displayed on your profile. The information that is auto-populated from your Member's (or Affiliate's) IEEE account and the information that is manually entered. Non-members are limited to manual input of their information. 

Information auto-populated from member's IEEE Account 

Member Grade, years of membership, location, section, education, groups and memberships, and past and present volunteer positions.

Information entered via IEEE Collabratec

Tagline, Biography, Technical Specialties, Certifications, technical Interests (using the IEEE Thesaurus). And as of 07 March all profile elements are editable from Collabratec. Non-members can manually add information such as education, occupation and other relevant information not covered by other sections in the Biography area. 

Additional information includes: Mentor settings, Job search settings, publications, public URL and Collabratec badges earned (automatically by the system when the specific badge requirements are met) will be displayed and whose visibility can be controlled as well. 

A full profile consists of:

Name, Photo, Member Gradge Badge, Location, Section, Tagline, Status icons (Mentor, Volunteer - if applicable), Contact info (telephone and email address), Biography, Education, and Employment.  Collabratec offers the inclusion of additional elements such as Interests, Certifications, Special Skills, and Technical Expertise Specialties.

Profile visibility control can be accessed from a tab on your profile page (which can also be accessed from the Top Nav 'Settings' tab), labeled as 'Edit Privacy & Visibility'. 

Visibility Options

There are five options available (four for non-members). You can set the visibility globally for all profile elements or select a different option for each. The options are as follows:

• Public

Visible to IEEE Collabratec® and all internet users.

• All IEEE Collabratec

Visible to all IEEE Collabratec users.

• IEEE Members (IEEE member exclusive)

Visible to My Network and IEEE Collabratec users who have an IEEE membership and/or Affiliations.

• My Network

Visible only to users I have added to My Network (via accepted connection requests).

• Only Me

Visible only to me. No other user will see the information.

To view or edit your profile there are 3 quick access  points (as per screenshot 2) 

To View-  click on your photo from your Home page.

To view another user's profile, click on their name to view a a Quickview Profile summary. Clicking their name or photo from the pop-up will open their full profile page.

To Edit your profile, select the pen icon from your Home Page or select 'Settings' from the Top Nav. Then select the 'Edit Profile' tab from the profile page. 

Profile Elements

If you are a member, your profile contains two (2) sets of information. The information that comes from your IEEE Account settings and the information that is added inside Collabratec. Non-members will just add/edit information fields from within IEEE Collabratec.

Profile information from your IEEE Account

IEEE Members, key information is auto-populated from your IEEE Account. IEEE Collabratec provides a gateway to this information, which includes: Name, Member grade badge, Volunteer positions (past and present), Education, societies, affiliations and subscriptions. 

NEW: Bidirectional added on 07 March  allows Members to be able to edit key elements of their profile without leaving Collabratec, such as Address, Biography, Education and Employment! 

Profile information added within IEEE Collabratec

Profile information added in IEEE Collabratec include:

Tagline; Biography; Technical Interests; Your publications; and more (see full list in Screenshot).

About IEEE Collabratec

IEEE Collabratec is an integrated online community platform where technology professionals, especially engineers, can discover, connect and collaborate  ---  all in one central hub.

The IEEE Collabratec platform is available to all technology-minded professionals. IEEE Members receive added benefits and expanded functionality (more below). IEEE Collabratec is Mobile Responsive!

Visit the IEEE Collabratec Users Forum* to ask questions and engage with others including staff to learn more about the platform features.

IEEE Collabratec provides the ability to:

• Find all of your customized IEEE Section information at the touch of a button.

• Accentuate your professional identity among your technical peers to showcase key accomplishments.

• Connect with global technology professionals by technical interests, IEEE-affiliations, authorship, region and more!

• Engage in conversation in Community forums* focused on technical and other important subject matter, such as: Women in Leadership, Artificial Intelligence, Membership, Entrepreneurship,  plus many more!

• Brainstorm, plan and Collaborate in user-created shared workspaces (formerly groups).

• Post technical articles and event-related multimedia to spark discussion.

• Access robust networking, collaboration, and authoring tools specifically suited for technology-minded professionals.

• Upload your CV/resume to help find your next career opportunity. (See Opportunities section of this User Guide for more information).

• Search for and stream relevant events using the many available event filters.

For IEEE Members:  

• Download and print your Member and Society Certificates right from your profile!

• Find other IEEE Members using the exclusive IEEE Member Directory under the People tab.

• Find or become a mentor** to accelerate your career development or guide others from your experience.

• Join exclusive communities based on IEEE or technical society membership.

• Enhance your profile with an IEEE member grade badge.

• Take advantage of expanded workspaces where you can develop your research and projects.

• Join the IEEE Membership forum to ask questions and learn about exclusive offers.

Requirements:  

IEEE Collabratec can be accessed from a compatible browser and is mobile-responsive (see 'Mobile' tab on the menu). Supported browsers:

• Internet Explorer 10

• Mozilla Firefox 27

• Safari 7

• Chrome (update enabled)

The following options must also be activated within the browser:

• Cookies

• JavaScript

• CSS styles

The following items will render differently in Mobile (see first image):  

Home Activity Page (see Screenshot 2 ):  

• Home Activity Feed: Consolidates all of your activity in one feed including activity from:  Communities you have joined; Workspaces you own and have joined; your Network; select IEEE-TV videos and IEEE Spectrum articles; Featured pinned posts like announcements or polls

• Member Console displayed on left rail including Profile crest and access, Memebrship Milestone and one-click direct access to important functions

• Trending posts in communities on right rail

Dashboard (see Screenshot 3 ):  

• Favorites - Workspaces you have own/joined and Communities which you have Favorited appear as icons on top for quick access  

• Favorites - others will provide direct links to Workspaces you have own/joined and Communities you own appear on middle lower section

• Workspaces/Communities- you have own/joined and Communities you own appear on middle lower section

•  Pending Actions -  notifications for which an action is required is displayed

• Custom Networks -  Create/Edit/View custom networks of selected users to allow sharing content and sending group messages

• Member Console -  is shown as with the Home Activity Page

• My Badges  -  A list of the badges you have earned is shown.

Profile - Full - All Elements (pods)