Student Support Site - Moodle Profile & Settings

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Moodle Profile & Settings

This page covers guides and how-to's for your profile and settings in Moodle. You can use the link navigation to the left to quickly jump to a specific section. Use the bar at the top of this page to go to a different page topic.

Editing Your Profile

Adding a Profile Picture

━ Step 1 ━

Once logged into Moodle, locate the User Icon, and click Profile.

━ Step 2 ━

In the User Details section, click Edit Profile.

━ Step 3 ━

Scroll down to the User Picture section. Click the "+" icon, or drag and drop the files you wish to submit.

━ Step 4 ━

Click Choose File to upload documents from your computer. Click Upload This File.

━ Step 5 ━

Click Update Profile at the bottom of the page to save the changes you've made.

User Details page, showcasing all update-able options, including a user description, picture, additional name(s), optional settings, and other fields all being highlighted.

Other Profile Information

In addition to adding a profile picture, students can edit several other things in Moodle as well. Below is a full list of profile options students can edit:

━ Create a short bio/description of yourself.

━ Add a profile picture and/or description.

━ Add phonetic spellings of your first/last name.

━ Add your middle and/or alternate name(s).

━ Optional personal identification links and/or numbers.

To find these sections, follow the first two steps of the section above.

Tip: Zoom in on Google Chrome to expand image.

Managing Notifications

━ Step 1 ━

Once logged into Moodle, locate the User Icon, and click Preferences.

━ Step 2 ━

Under User Account, click Notification Preferences.

━ Step 3 ━

You can mute all notifications by checking off the Disable Notifications box.

You can scroll through and turn off/on the notifications you wish to receive or not.

Having trouble? Contact the Technology & Media Service Desk at 585-389-2111 or tmsd@naz.edu

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