{"id":11230,"date":"2017-10-18T12:33:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T17:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=11230"},"modified":"2017-10-18T12:33:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T17:33:41","slug":"brightspace-tip-4-add-profile-picture-to-humanize-your-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-4-add-profile-picture-to-humanize-your-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #4: Add Profile Picture to Humanize Your Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humanized learning increases the relevance of course content and improves students' motivation to log-in to your course week-after-week. Whether you are teaching a face-to-face, hybrid, or online course, humanizing and personalizing your Brightspace course can go a long way to providing an inviting space for your students. <\/p>\n

One of the ways you can humanize your Brightspace courses is to add a profile picture. By default, when you do not setup your profile picture it will appear as a blank avatar<\/a> in the Brightspace system. Rather than having this faceless image, faculty and students can upload a profile picture to represent them throughout the Brightspace system. <\/p>\n

\n\"profile<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

You can only have one profile picture at a time to be used throughout the entire Brightspace system. The recommended pixel size for a profile picture is 150 by 150. Larger images should be clipped.<\/p>\n

NOTE: The University has the following policy regarding profile pictures<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

Users may not send, display or receive pictures or other media which are copyrighted, abusive, obscene, sexually inappropriate, threatening, racially offensive, or considered harassment or offensive to human dignity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Faculty should include this statement about what is not an acceptable profile picture when they ask students to upload a profile picture.<\/p>\n

Follow these steps to do it.<\/h4>\n

To upload a profile picture:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Click your name in the Brightspace minibar and then select Profile<\/strong> from the dropdown menu.<\/li>\n
  2. Click Change Picture<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  3. Navigate to find the image you want to use as your profile picture.<\/li>\n
  4. Click on the Save and Close<\/strong> button when you are done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Want more information?<\/h4>\n

    You can find Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.
    \nTry these     Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.
    \nVisit the     Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information
    \nor     schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, email<\/a>, or
    call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Humanized learning increases the relevance of course content and improves students' motivation to log-in to your course week-after-week. Whether you are teaching a face-to-face, hybrid, or online course, humanizing and personalizing your Brightspace course can go a long way to providing an inviting space for your students. 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