Your Dashboard & Profile

After your account has been created, you can see the courses you have enrolled in on your dashboard, create a profile, and change your account or course settings.

You can access course, account, or profile information from any page on the website, whether you are in a course or browsing the course catalog. Select the dropdown menu icon next to your username, and then choose one of the following menu options.

• Dashboard gives you access to the courses and programs that you have enrolled in, and to information such as course start and end dates, certificates, and email settings.

• Profile gives you the option to provide personal information about yourself that other course participants can see, such as an image and biographical information.

• Account gives you access to your account settings and preferences. For example, you can update or reset your password or email address and set your time zone.

Accessing Your Courses from the Dashboard

Your dashboard lists all of the courses that you are enrolled in. When logging in you automatically go to your dashboard. You can also access your dashboard by selecting the dropdown menu icon next to your username at the top of any page.

2.1.1.Sharing Your Courses on Social Media

On your dashboard, you can share the courses you are enrolled in on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

1. Sign in to the social media site on which you want to share your course enrollment.

2. From your dashboard, find the course that you want to share.

3. Select the icon for the social media site where you want to share. A dialog box for the social media site you selected opens, with the course URL entered and a default social media message.

4. Optionally, modify the text of the social media message.

5. Select the appropriate button to publish your message on the social media site.

Adding Profile Information

Your personal profile allows you to optionally share information about yourself with other participants in the courses that you take. If you choose to add profile information, course teams and other learners in your courses can view the information that you share.

You can share either a limited profile or a full profile.

Note

If you are under 13 years of age, your limited profile only includes your username. You cannot add a profile picture.

• A limited profile shares only your username. You can also add a profile picture if you are over 13 years of age.

  

• A full profile includes the following details.

  • Your full name

  • Your username

  • Your profile image (optional)

  • Your language (optional)

  • Your location (optional)

  • Information about you (optional)

  • Links to any course certificates that you have earned

  • Links to your social media accounts (optional)

  

Add or Update a Limited Profile

A limited profile includes only your username and, optionally, an image.

To add or update a limited profile, follow these steps.

1. At the top of any page, select Dashboard from the dropdown menu icon next to your username, then select the Profile tab.

2. In the header area of your profile page, for Profile Visibility, select Limited Profile.

3. (optional) Add an image that you want to associate with your username. Your image must be a .gif, .jpg, or .png file. The image must be between 100 bytes and 1 MB in size. If you do not add an image, the placeholder image appears as your profile image.

   1. Move your cursor over the placeholder image, and click Upload an image.

      

   2. In the file navigation window, select the image file that you want to use as your profile image, and then click Open.

   To change or remove your profile image, move your cursor over your image, and then select either Change image or Remove. When you remove your profile image, the placeholder image appears as your profile image.

The site saves your changes automatically.

Add or Update a Full Profile

If you create a full profile, you share the following information in addition to your username and profile image.

• Your full name.

• Your location.

• Your language.

• A paragraph about yourself. You might include your interests, goals, or other information that you want to share. This paragraph can contain up to 300 characters.

• Links to your personal social media accounts.

To add or update your profile, follow these steps.

1. At the top of any page, select Dashboard from the dropdown menu icon next to your username, then select the Profile tab.

2. In the header area of your profile page, for Profile Visibility, select Full Profile.

3. (optional) Add a profile image.

   Your image must be a .gif, .jpg, or .png file that is less than 1 MB in size. If you do not add an image, the placeholder image appears as your profile image.

   1. Move your cursor over the placeholder image, and click Upload an image.

   2. In the file navigation window, select the image file that you want to use as your profile image, and then click Open.

   To change or remove your profile image, move your cursor over your image, and then select either Change image or Remove. When you remove your profile image, the placeholder image appears as your profile image.

4. On your profile page, move your cursor over the information you want to change.

5. Click inside the field to choose an option from the list, or enter text.

The site saves your changes automatically.

Add Links to Your Personal Social Media Accounts

If you select the Full Profile option, you can add social media icons on your profile that link to your personal Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn account pages.

To add links to your social media accounts to your profile, follow these steps.

1. At the top of any page, select Account from the dropdown menu icon next to your username.

2. On the Account Settings page, under Social Media Links, enter either your username or the URL to the profile page for each social media account that you want to add to your profile.

   For example, if your Facebook username isencona, you can enter eitherenconaorhttps://www.facebook.com/encona.

   For LinkedIn, note that your username might include numbers. For example, if the URL of your LinkedIn profile page ishttps://www.linkedin.com/in/firstname-lastname-123456/, your LinkedIn username isfirstname-lastname-123456.

The site saves your changes when you click outside the text field.

When you view your profile, the social media icons you added links for appear below your username. Other learners or course team members can click those icons to visit your social media account page.

View Another Learner’s Profile

You can view other learners’ profiles through their posts, responses, or comments in course discussions.

1. On the Discussion page, select the username of any learner in a post, a response, or a comment.

   A page that displays the discussion activity only for the selected learner opens.

2. On the learner’s Discussion page, select their linked username.

The learner’s account profile page opens.