Sakai Tutorials
Setting Up Your Profile

Sakai maintains a user profile for each participant. Your profile contains personal information such as your name, phone number, and location. Unless you choose to hide it, the information in your profile is available to everyone in the system. The system also uses the information to personalize your discussion forum messages, announcements, and other shared items.

The Profile tool allows you to change information in your user profile. This tool is usually available only in My Workspace. To access the Profile tool, click Profile in the tools menu on the left side of the screen. Sakai displays the Profile home page.

Editing Your Profile

To change your public and personal information, access the Profile home page and follow these steps:

1. If you do not see the Profile menu bar, click the Reset button.
   
   
2. Click Edit my Profile on the menu bar to display the My Profile screen.
   
   
3. Using the fields in this screen, enter information you want to share with others. The only required fields are First Name and Last Name. All other fields are optional.
   
   
4. To prevent others from seeing any part of your profile, check the Hide my entire Profile option near the top of the screen. If you check this option, users will not be able to search for your name or see your information in the Site Roster tool in group sites.
   
   
5. To prevent others from seeing information in the Personal Information section of this screen, check the Hide only my Personal Information option.
   
   
6. To save your changes, click Save. Sakai displays the Profile home page again. Or, to return to the home page without saving your changes, click Cancel.