Learner Documentation (Higher Ed)

Change personal settings in Brightspace

You can keep your personal settings up to date by changing your Profile, Notifications, Account Settings and preferred language setting in Brightspace.

To change personal settings in Brightspace

Select your username and then select Profile.

Figure: Select Profile to navigate to the Edit My User Profile page.
You can change the following settings:
- Picture:
  1. Under your profile icon, click Change Picture.
    
    Figure: Select Change Picture to update the picture used for your profile.
  2. Navigate to the location of the image you want to upload and select your profile picture.
    
    Figure: You can select an image either from your computer or from your locker by selecting the corresponding option.
    Note: The maximum image file size limit is 1 MB. For the best quality and proportions, upload an image with a width and height of 100 by 100 pixels. The accepted file formats are JPG, PNG, and GIF.
  3. Click Add.
    
    Figure: Select Add for confirmation to add the uploaded profile picture.
- Social Networks: In the LinkedIn field, enter the URL to your social network.
  
  Figure: Enter your LinkedIn profile URL into the LinkedIn field.
- Personal Info: Enter a Tagline and add your interests or hobbies.
  Note: All Personal Info fields have a character limit of 4,000 characters.
  
  Figure: You can flesh out your profile by adding additional Personal Info.
Click Save and Close to apply the new Profile settings and go back to your Course Homepage. Otherwise, click Save to stay on the Profile settings page.

Figure: Click Save and Close when you are finished.

Your profile settings are updated and saved.

Change notification settings

Notifications enable you to customize what methods you want to use to receive notifications, such as Email, as well as what events will trigger notifications.

To change Notifications settings

Click your username and then select Notifications.

Figure: Select Notifications to proceed.
You can optionally connect with your instructors and classmates and stay informed about course-related updates by downloading the Pulse App on the App Store or Google Play.
You can change the following Notifications settings:
- Contact Methods
  - To change your existing email address
    1. Click Change your email settings.
    2. Select Use custom email, add your new email address, and then click Save.
      Note: Your organization sends all email notifications from Brightspace to the updated email address. Contact your system administrator for further assistance.
  - Summary of Activity
    To control how often you receive notifications about course-related activities, open the drop-down menu under How often? and select whether to receive notifications Daily, Weekly, or Never.
    
    Figure: Select your desired level of email summary notifications in How often?.
  - Instant Notifications
    To set individual notifications for course-related components, select the preferred notification type beside each component.
    Note: To receive content-related individual notifications, use the Brightspace Pulse App or select the Email option notification type.
    
    Figure: You can select how you want to be notified for various course-related components by selecting the corresponding box or boxes in Instant Notifications.
  - Customize Notifications
    Select whether to receive grade value notifications from the Grades tool or receive future courses-related notifications.
    
    Figure: The option to set Customize Notifications.
  - Exclude some courses
    To exclude receiving notifications from specific courses, click on the Manage my course exclusions link and then select the courses you want to exclude.
After reviewing all the details, click Save.

Your notification settings are updated and saved.

Change account settings

Account Settings enables you to set your personal pronouns, change Brightspace font settings, enable two factor authentication, enable assistive technologies such as screen reader, and more.

To change Account Settings

Click your username and then select Account Settings.

Figure: Click Account Settings.
From the Account Settings tab you can change the following settings:
- General Settings
  Depending on your permissions, you can change your system email and password, and set up two factor authentication by selecting Enable Two Factor Authentication.
- Pronouns
  To include a pronoun to display in your profile or Classlist, select the Allow others to see my pronouns option. You can select pronouns that were recorded by your organization or type any different pronouns.
  
  Figure: You can use either the pronouns provided by your organization, or enter them into the text field.
- Font Settings
  To change the font size display, open the Font Size drop-down menu, then select the size.
  
  Figure: Select the desired Font Size from the drop-down menu.
- Reading Content
  An assistive technology such as a screen reader automatically marks content as read as you scroll it. To disable marking items as read, select Do not automatically mark items as read as the page scrolls.
- Video Settings
  To optimize video presentation for programmatically driven assistive technologies, select Optimize video presentation for programmatically driven assistive technologies.
- Locale & Language
  Configure this option to change your locale and language preference. You can also change the default clock, date, number, and percentage format settings set by your organization. However, some courses may override your selections.
- Time Zone
  Click the drop-down button to select a new time zone from the list.
  Note: When traveling outside your original continent or time zone, we recommend updating your continent and time zone settings to accurately reflect assignment and activity due dates.
- Signing In
  This option allows you to configure your Online Status and Login Destination settings within Brightspace.
  For further information, click on the Which option should I choose? and Selecting your Login Destination links.
  
  Figure: Configure your Online Status and Login Destination settings.
- Application Settings
  This option allows third-party applications and services registered to your Brightspace account to access Brightspace on your behalf.
  
  Figure: The options to configure OAuth 2.0 and ID Key Authorization settings.
  
  Note: Any changes made on the Account Settings tab are saved automatically when you navigate to the Discussions tab.
On the Discussions tab you can change the following settings:
- Personal Settings
  - Display Settings
    Enabling this option will pin the Discussions List pane in the View Topic and View Thread pages.
    
    Figure: You can set whether to Always show the Discussions List pane in Display Settings.
  - Default View
    1. Select Grid View to display the discussion posts in a traditional grid view with post subjects shown in a grid.
    2. Select Reading View to display the discussion posts in reading view where the entire text of a post displays all posts.
      
      Figure: Select your Default Viewsettings.
  - Reply Settings
    
    Selecting this option includes the original post by default when composing a reply.
    
    Figure: You can set whether to Include original post in reply in Reply Settings.
  - Subscription Settings
    Enabling this option allows you to subscribe to the thread by default when creating a new thread.
    
    Figure: You can set whether to subscribe to a newly-created thread by default in Subscription Settings.

Grid View Settings
- Default Threading Style
- Display Settings
- Post Fields to Display
  
  Enabling this option displays the Post ID for posts in Grid View.
  
  Figure: You can set whether to Post Fields to Display.
- Character Limits
  
  Enabling this option allows you to limit the number of characters of the subject displayed for each post when browsing topics. The number of characters can be configured by entering an integer between 1 and 150 in the Subject Characters to Display field.
  
  Figure: You can Limit the number of characters of the subject to display in the post by selecting the box and setting the number of Subject Characters to Display.

After reviewing all the details, click Save and Close to apply the new Account Settings and go back to the Course Homepage. Otherwise, click Save to stay on the Account Settings page.

Your Account Settings are updated and saved.

Update preferred language settings

The User menu displays the currently selected language setting; however, you can change that option using the language settings accessible by clicking current preferred language.

Only languages that are enabled by your organization are available for selection.

To change Language settings:

Click your username and then select the current preferred language.

Figure: Select your current language to make changes to your preferred language.
Browse to select your preferred language, then click Save.
Note: Only languages that are enabled by your organization are available for selection.

Figure: Select the language in the Set Your Preferred Language window.

Video: Manage Account Notifications

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