Create a new user

Profile Field

Default Setting

Recommended Settings

General

Username

Blank

Choose a Username that you would like for your user e.g. email address, user ID.

Choose an authentication method

Manual Accounts

Select Manual Accounts

Suspended Account

Disabled

If this checkbox is checked, a user will be suspended within the system and won’t be able to login  

Generate password and notify user

Disabled

Checking this box will generate a scrambled password and send a welcome user email to the user. This will contain the login page URL, username and temporary password.  If you choose this option the New Password field will be disabled. DO NOT tick this box if you are manually created a password on behalf of the user using the New Password field.  

New Password

Prompts for text to be entered

Enter a password here if you would like to choose the user password instead of having the system generate one. If you choose this option, you will manually need to email the user their account details.

Force Password Change

Prompts user to change their password upon first login

Useful for security purposes and if the user has received a temporary password generated by the platform.

First Name

Blank

Enter User First Name

Surname

Blank

Enter User Surname (Last Name)

Email Address

Blank

Enter User Email Address

Email Display

The default is set to Allow only other course members to see my email address. The other two available options are:

• Hide my email address from everyone
• Allow everyone to see my email address

Choose the most appropriate option for your user case

City/Town

Blank

Enter the city or town that the user resides

Select a country

Select a Country

Select from the dropdown the Country in which the user resides.

Timezone

Default (Europe/London)

Select from the dropdown the time zone for which the user resides.

E.g. Melbourne, Australia - Australia/Melbourne

Description

Blank

Enter a description for this user

User Picture

Current picture

None

If a picture has been uploaded, the file will appear here. As this user is being created for the first time, no image should appear here.

Delete picture

Unchecked

If you want to remove an image that was previously upload, check this box.

New Picture

Empty

Add a user profile picture by either dragging the desired file into the drop zone or selecting from file.

Picture Description

Blank

If you’d like to add a description for the profile image, you can do so here

Additional names

First name - Phonetic

Blank

Include here how this person's first name is to be pronounced. E.g. Daniela - Da - Nee - Ella.

Surname - Phonetic

Blank

Include here how this person's Surname is to be pronounced. E.g. Soccio - So-chi-o

Middle Name

Blank

Include the users middle name here, if one if provided.

Alternate name

Blank

If the user prefers to be called something other than their first name, enter this name here. E.g. Daniela prefers being called Dani

Interests

List of interests

Blank

Include any interests as a tag in this section. Press enter after each interest.

Optional

Web page

Blank

Enter this information if you would like to capture this information.

ICQ number

Blank

Skype ID

Blank

AIM ID

Blank

Yahoo ID

Blank

MSN ID

Blank

ID Number

Blank

Institution

Blank

Department

Blank

Phone

Blank

Mobile Phone

Blank

Address

Blank

Other Fields

Profile Background Image

Empty

Add a profile background image here. This will appear on the user dashboard. You can do this by dragging the image into the drop zone or selecting an image from file