Each user has a personal profile in Moodle. Profile information includes some information drawn from your Lafayette network account and other information that you can edit.

Locating your profile

To edit your profile information, you must be logged in to Moodle.

  1. Locate and click your name in the upper right of the screen.
  2. Your profile will open.
  3. To edit profile information, click the [Edit Profile] tab.

Information from your Lafayette network account

Much of the information in the top section of the Edit profile page is drawn from your Lafayette NetworkID account. Changes made to this information will not be retained--the next time you log in, it will revert to the information associated with your NetworkID account. If you find any of the information displayed in Moodle is incorrect, please contact the Help Desk to have it corrected:

  • Username
  • Password
  • First name
  • Last name
  • Email address—this should always be your Lafayette email address

If you have forgotten or wish to change your password, visit the Network ID Password Change Utility.

Changing your profile picture

Part of your profile is a small image—representative of you—that will be displayed next to your forum posts and in other activities.

To add a profile picture:

  1. Navigate to the Edit Profile screen (see Locating your profile, above).
  2. Scroll down to the section labeled Picture of
  3. Click the Browse button to locate an appropriate image on your computer.
    • The picture can be a maximum of 50MB.
    • The picture must be in JPG or PNG format.
    • Moodle will crop the image to a 100x100 pixel square.
  4. Once selected, click Update profile at the bottom of the page.
  5. When you are taken back to your profile page, the image may not appear to have changed. Click the Reload/Refresh button in your browser.

Optional/Advanced information

Clicking the Show Advanced button will display additional fields for your profile. Do NOT edit or delete your L-number from the ID number field. Doing so will prevent automatic enrollment in courses.

You may choose to include some of the following information:

  • Web page address
  • IDs for common peer-to-peer and social networking sites such as:
    • Skype
    • Yahoo
    • AIM
    • ICQ
    • MSN
  • Department
  • Phone numbers
  • Campus Address
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