Adding Your Profile Information

Adding Your Profile Information

Profiles give students the ability to add information about themselves (ex: Bio, website, etc.) that will be visible to the people (students and instructors) in their Courses. Because other people in your courses will be able to see anything you post on your profile page, please be cautious about the personal information you share on your profile.

Accessing and Editing Your Profile

Step 1: To access your Profile click on your name in the upper right hand corner of Canvas.

Step 2: To add/change information on your profile, click the “edit profile” button on the right.

Step 3: Make desired changes/updates and click the "Update Profile" button.

Viewing Other Peoples Profiles

There are two ways to view other people's profiles, from the People link and Discussions.

People Link

Go into one of your Canvas courses, click on the “People” link on the left, and then click on someone's name. If you do not have the People link available in your course (For example, this Orientation course!) then that means the instructor does not want you to have access to that specific link.

Discussions

If your course uses Discussion forums, go into a discussion and click on the name of someone who has posted to the discussion. You will then see their profile information.