This refers to Moodle 4.3 from August 2024 onwards  

Your profile settings explained 

You can edit your profile to show information about yourself and also to customise your experience of Moodle. 

  1. Click on your initials at the top right of the Moodle page
  2. Click 'Profile' from the drop-down menu

drop down menu accessed by clicking your initials at the top right of the screen.


View your profile, and if you'd like to change anything, click Edit Profile in the User details section


option to select 'edit profile'.

General settings

settings page showing fields that can be changed such as the option to change email visibility and add a description.

  • Note: You cannot change your first name, surname or email address as these are set centrally.
  • Note: You can add more information to your Description.
  • Note: You can also add a Picture to your profile

4. Once you have made the amendments, click on the 'Update profile' button.

Additional names and Optional information

You can add an additional name or nickname to your profile

voption to add first and last phonetic name, middle name and alternate name.


You can also add pronouns, personal web address, Skype ID etc. under the Other fields tab.

option to add additional information shuch as pronouns, ICQ no. Skype ID, AIM id, Yahoo ID, MSN id, and a web page.

We do not recommend that you add any personally identifying information that is not required for learning and teaching purposes.

Once you have made the amendments, click on the 'Update profile' button.

You can also change your forum and email preferences.

See also: Ensuring you get emails from Moodle in the format you'd like


Further information

The following other resources are also relevant to this topic: