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Sakai 25 - Profile: How do I set up my profile?

This help document for Sakai Demo is under revision. For assistance with the current version of Sakai, see Sakai 23 Help.

Sakai at PLU will be upgraded from version 23 to version 25 on August 22, 2026. For more details, see: How can I prepare for the Sakai upgrade?

   

How do I set up my profile?

Your Profile is available in all of your sites throughout the system. It contains information about you, such as your photo, contact information, and social networking information.

Go to Profile.

Select the Profile tool from the Tool Menu in the Home area.

Changing Your Picture

To change your profile picture, follow the steps in the article, How do I edit my profile photo?

Editing Your Information

Mouse over the right side each information section near the horizontal line to display the edit option.

Click on the Edit link to modify or add your information.

Basic Information

Enter a brief personal statement under Basic Information so that other system users can get to know a little bit about you, and then click Save changes.

The Rich Text Editor is available to you here in case you would like to format your text.

Note: Remember that all fields are optional. You may also choose to show/hide some information in your Privacy settings.

Pronouns & Name Pronunciation

If set, the Pronouns & Name Pronunciation profile settings are displayed to others exclusively through the Roster tool.

Pronouns

The Pronouns field in the Sakai Profile tool is inherited from your personal information set in Banner. Details for how to set your pronouns are in the article, How do I set my personal pronouns for my PLU account? Note that changes to your pronouns in Banner will not be reflected in Sakai until the following day. If your Pronouns field is set to Not Listed, a Pronouns field will not display for your listing in the Roster tool.

Name Pronunciation

  1. Enter the phonetic pronunciation of your name (i.e. "how it sounds").
  2. Select the Record button to record the pronunciation of your name. Your browser may prompt you to confirm if you want a microphone to record audio; select the Allow option. Once clicked, recording begins and the Record button is immediately replaced with a Stop button. Select Stop when finished recording your name. An audio player beneath the Record/Stop button immediately plays back the recorded audio. Clicking Record will begin a new recording to replace the previous previous attempt. Click Save Changes when done.

Note: A maximum of 10 seconds of audio can be recorded for the Name Recording

Contact Information

Often the user's college email address is automatically populated in this area. You may also choose to enter your mobile phone number if desired.

Be sure to click Save changes to save any changes.

Social Networking

You may also include links to your social media accounts or contact information on social networking sites. Click Save to save any changes.



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Doc ID:
158887
Owned by:
Sean H. in Pacific Lutheran Univ
Created:
2026-02-17
Updated:
2026-06-03
Sites:
Pacific Lutheran University