Add or Update a Full Profile

Add or Update a Full Profile#

Tags: learner how-to

Note

You must specify your year of birth on the Account Settings page before you can share a full profile. If you are under 13 years of age, you can share only a Limited Profile.

If you create a full profile, you share the following information in addition to your username and profile image.

  • Your full name.

  • Your location.

  • Your language.

  • A paragraph about yourself. You might include your interests, goals, or other information that you want to share. This paragraph can contain up to 300 characters.

  • Links to your personal social media accounts.

To add or update your profile, follow these steps.

  1. At the top of any page, select Dashboard from the dropdown menu icon next to your username, then select the Profile tab.

  2. In the header area of your profile page, for Profile Visibility, select Full Profile.

  3. (optional) Add a profile image.

    Your image must be a .gif, .jpg, or .png file that is less than 1 MB in size. If you do not add an image, the placeholder image appears as your profile image.

    1. Move your cursor over the placeholder image, and click Upload an image.

    2. In the file navigation window, select the image file that you want to use as your profile image, and then click Open.

    To change or remove your profile image, move your cursor over your image, and then select either Change image or Remove. When you remove your profile image, the placeholder image appears as your profile image.

  4. On your profile page, move your cursor over the information that you want to change.

  5. Click inside the field to choose an option from the list, or enter text.

The site saves your changes automatically.

Note

If you change your profile type from Full Profile to Limited Profile, your full name, location, language, and descriptive paragraph are no longer visible on your profile page. However, this information is saved, and becomes visible again to other learners and course teams if you change your profile back to Full Profile.

See also

what_is_profile_page (concept)

Add or Update a Limited Profile (how-to)

Add Links to Your Personal Social Media Accounts (how-to)

View Another Learner’s Profile (how-to)

Maintenance chart

Review Date

Working Group Reviewer

Release

Test situation