Moodle Profile for Faculty

Overview: Your profile contains personal information about you that other users can view by clicking on your name in Moodle. Standard profile information includes your name, location (City/Town/Country if you specify), email address (if you chose to make it accessible),  a picture (if you choose to insert one) and any other personal information you choose to share. If you are a first time user  go into your profile page and fill out the required fields. When your information changes please update your profile as necessary.

To edit your Profile Page:

  1. Go to the User drop-down menu found next to your name in the upper right.  
  2. Select Edit profile

Find User menu next to name

General Settings

Recommended Profile Page Settings:

  • First name*: You can edit your first name.
  • Last name*: Your last name cannot be edited.  If you have had a legal name change, please contact the GSC Registrar for information on changing your name.
  • Email address*: The email address used in Moodle is your go.granite.edu email address. Important: this email address will be your official GSC address. For more information on accessing or forwarding your Go.Granite email to your preferred email, go to http://it.granite.edu/email.
  • Email display:
    This controls the visibility of the address to others, allowing you to show or hide your email in the class. Choose one of the three options: 
    • Allow only other course members to see my email address (recommended)
    • Hide my email address from everyone
    • Allow everyone to see my email address. (This includes all users in eLearning+.)
  • City/town and Select a country: Insert your location, if  you would like.
  • Timezone: America/New_York
    This field is used to convert time-related messages on the system (such as assignment deadlines) from the default Moodle timezone to the correct time in whichever zone you have selected.
  • Description (Faculty bio)**: Add your biographical information to the Description box. See the GSC faculy profile criteria for details.  Remember everyone on GSC's Moodle system is able to see your profile.
  • User Picture**: To add a picture, see instructions below. The picture must meet the GSC faculty profile criteria.

  * These are required fields in Moodle.
**These are required fields for faculty by the Office of Academic Affairs

To add a picture to your profile:

Scroll down to User picture, as below. Simply drag your picture file into the box as indicated by the arrow.

Optional:

There are other fields you may fill in on the bottom of the Profile Page such as  list of interests, webpage, phone, etc. Be sure to use good judgment in sharing your personal information. 

When done, make sure you click the Update Profile button to save your changes.

For more information, see Edit profile on Moodle.org.