What are Profile and User Settings?

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Profile and User Settings are user account options that let you control your personal information in Canvas.

To learn more about managing profile and user settings, watch the User Settings video or view lessons about profile and user settings.

Note: Your institution may restrict one or more settings options.

00:07: What are profile and user settings. 00:10: In global navigation, you can click the account link. 00:14: Then use the account navigation, links to do any of the following manage 00:18: notification settings, upload personal files, access user 00:22: account settings, create and manage e-portfolios of your coursework preview, 00:27: and import content, shared with you, share a QR code for logging 00:31: into the canvas mobile app, view account, white, Global announcements, your 00:36: profile. 00:38: You can also enhance the color contrast in canvas. 00:42: Or log out of canvas. 00:45: Depending on your user role, you can click the settings link to View 00:49: and edit your user settings, such as your full name display, name 00:53: sortable, name personal pronouns, language, preference 00:57: and time zone, add or change your profile picture, change 01:02: your default, email address, or add an additional email. 01:04: Address for notifications. Change your password set up multi-factor, 01:09: authentication for added account, security, connect to, and manage 01:13: web services outside of canvas. Such as Google Drive manage 01:17: user feature options. Such as celebration animations, are confetti 01:21: manage approved Integrations such as third-party applications that are 01:25: authorized to access canvas through API access tokens. 01:29: Download your assignments, submissions from current and previous courses. 01:32: As a student generate a pairing code as a student to share with a parent 01:36: or Observer link a student to your user account as a parent or Observer 01:40: down. Load course, content has an offline Epub file. 01:45: If your institution has enabled the profiles feature, you can do the following. 01:50: Add profile information such as a biography and custom links view 01:54: profile information for other users view your enrollments view 01:59: enrollments. You share with other users. 02:02: This guide covered profile and user settings.

What can I do in my user account?

In Global Navigation, you can click the Account link [1], then use the Account Navigation links [2] to do any of the following:

• Manage notification settings
• Upload personal files
• Access user account settings
• Create and manage ePortfolios of your course work
• Preview and import content shared with you
• Share a QR code for logging into the Canvas mobile app
• View account-wide global announcements
• Manage your profile

You can also enhance the color contrast in Canvas [3] or log out of Canvas [4].

When would I use my user settings?

Depending on your user role, you can click the Settings link to:

• View and edit your user settings, such as your full name, display name, sortable name, personal pronouns, language preference, and time zone
• Add or change your profile picture
• Change your default email address or add an additional email address for notifications
• Change your password
• Set up multi-factor authentication for added account security
• Connect to and manage web services outside of Canvas such as Google Drive
• Manage user feature options, such as celebration animations (confetti)
• Manage approved integrations (third-party applications that are authorized to access Canvas through API access tokens)
• Download your assignment submissions from current and previous courses as a student
• Generate a pairing code as a student to share with a parent/observer
• Link a student to your user account as a parent/observer
• Download course content as an offline ePub file

When would I use my profile?

If your institution has enabled the Profiles feature, you can do the following:

• Add profile information such as a biography and custom links
• View profile information for other users
• View your enrollments
• View enrollments you share with other users

Learn more about editing your profile.

Note: You can only edit your profile if an admin allows profile editing through Account Settings.