Setting Up Your Moodle Profile

Your Profile in Moodle tells a little bit about you. You only have to set this up one time and it can be accessed from all courses.

There are two places you can access your Profile. One is by clicking either your name or picture in the top-right corner of the Moodle course page and clicking My Profile. The other is in the Settings block which typically appears on the left side of your course home page. If you click the My profile settings link in the Settings block, a drop-down list displays and you can click on Edit profile.

Check the following:

Alternate name: Optional, but can be used if you go by a nickname like "Bob" for Robert
Email address: Make sure that your email address is correct or correct it. You should set this to your SCC email address (currently your my.southeast.edu email address).
City/town: Required, but you can enter your campus location instead of your personal town.
Select a country: Required.
Description: Optional. If you enter a brief description of yourself, remember that it should remain school-appropriate and should not be too personal, because any Moodle user can view your profile. Remember also that your Profile is not specific to any class, so do not type course-related information here. Your profile is set one time for the entire Moodle system.
Email display: "Allow only other course members to see my email address" is recommended over allowing everyone to see it.
Email format: Pretty HTML format is recommended.
Email digest type: Your preference.
Forum auto-subscribe: "No: don't automatically subscribe me to forums" is recommended.
Forum tracking: "Yes: highlight new posts for me" is recommended.
Preferred language: Leave at "English - United States (en_us)".
User picture: Encouraged by many instructors, but an optional field. Remember, school-appropriate and not too personal.
Interests and Optional information: Again, optional, but keep it school-appropriate and not too personal if used.

Resources:

Tips for Setting Up Your Moodle Profile - PDF of step-by-step instructions
Video demonstration for setting up your Moodle Profile

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