EdtechGuides: Get started with Moodle 3.9 staff guide: Your Moodle Profile

Moodle 3.9

This guidance relates to archive Moodle (all modules before the academic year 2023/24). For guidance on Moodle 4, please see Get started with Moodle 4.

Get started with Moodle 4 Find out what Moodle 4 is, how it is organised and used at City and how it interacts with our other systems.

Profile

Your Profile is where you update your contact information. You can also upload a photo and further details about yourself. Profiles for Lecturers and Course Officers display via the Module Dashboard. This means that you only need to update your contact details once and these will be available to students on all modules that you teach/administer.

Staff profile photos are automatically added from their staff profile. If you want to add a new photo, please log a request on the IT Self Service Portal and attach the photo you would like to display on your profile and this will be actioned.

From the top navigation bar in Moodle, open the User menu.
Select Profile.
On the page that opens, select Edit profile.

Do not add any information to the Staff profile field at present, as this will not display to students. Future development plans are to use this field to display a link to your online staff profile.

Scroll down the page to Contact Info (staff).
Add your office Telephone number, Office hours, Building location.
Scroll to the bottom of the page, select Update profile button to save.
To check what appears in your profile for students select the link to Lecturers in the Module Dashboard. Your Profile including your picture (if uploaded) and information added to the Contact Info (Staff) fields will display.

Your ID number which displays when you view your own Profile will not display to students. You will not be able to view your full Profile by switching your role to that of a student.

Staff profile display

Staff profile photos are automatically added from their staff profile. Student profile pictures to the photo from their eVision profile, staff are no longer able to update their photo. If you want to add a new photo, please log a request on the IT Self Service Portal and attach the photo you would like to display on your profile and this will be actioned.