How to post your picture on your profile page

 

Hi everyone,

I've been sending messages out to members inviting them to introduce themselves, and I noticed that a lot of folks have not posted a picture of themselves.  You can see who has joined our community so far at:  https://community.lincs.ed.gov/og/users/255/faces.  

Below is a brief FAQ that explains how to:

Edit your profile (post your photo!)

Edit your notification settings 

Create a new discussion

View a current, active discussion

Get notifications when any user posts a comment in a given discussion

Post/reply to a current, active discussion 

 

I hope you find this helpful!

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How do I…

 Edit my profile?

Click on your user name in the top right hand corner of the page.  Then, underneath your picture, or the generic image where a picture would go, click on “Edit my account.”  From here, you will be able to edit your biographical information and post a picture of yourself.

 

Edit my notification settings?

Click on your user name in the top right hand corner of the page.  Then, underneath your picture, or the generic image where a picture would go, click on “Notification settings.”  From here, you will be able to edit the frequency you receive emails and for what types of activities (e.g. discussions posts, direct messages) you receive notifications. 

 

Create a new discussion?

We strongly encourage all group members to create new discussions that would be of interest to the community.  To do so, when you are on the Formative Assessment community home page, click on the blue discussions tab near the top-middle of the screen.  From there, you will be taken to the current active discussions.  In the middle of the page, you will see the button “Create a new discussion”.  Click on this and fill out information to start a new discussion.

 

View a current, active discussion? 

When you are on the Formative Assessment community home page, click on the blue discussions tab near the top-middle of the screen.  From there, you will be taken to the current active discussions. Scroll towards the bottom of the page to view the different discussion threads.  Click on the discussion topic that you would like to read or potentially post a comment.    

 

Get notifications when any user posts a comment in a given discussion?

When you are on the Formative Assessment community home page, click on the blue discussions tab near the top-middle of the screen.  From there, you will be taken to the current active discussions. Scroll towards the bottom of the page to view the different discussion threads.  Click on the discussion topic that you would like to read or potentially post a comment.  You will be brought to the discussion.  Scroll over the “Subscribe to: This post” to get a list of subscription options.  Choose your preference and you will begin to receive notifications on this discussion as others post. 

 

Post/reply to a current, active discussion? 

When you are on the Formative Assessment community home page, click on the blue discussions tab near the top-middle of the screen.  From there, you will be taken to the current active discussions. Scroll towards the bottom of the page to view the different discussion threads.  Click on the discussion topic that you would like to read or potentially post a comment.  You will be brought to the discussion.  To write your own comment, click on the “Comment” button, type your comment, then click save to post.