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100 changes: 75 additions & 25 deletions en_us/students/source/SFD_your_information.rst
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Expand Up @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ course teams and the other learners in the courses that you take can view your
profile.

You can view and change your basic, additional, and profile information at any
time.
time. You access your information by selecting the arrow next to your username
in the upper-right corner of any edX page and then selecting either **Account
Settings** or **My Profile**.

You can also link your edX account to your Facebook or Google account. When you
link your accounts, you can sign in to edX automatically by signing in to
Expand All @@ -45,8 +47,9 @@ is required for every account on edX.
Password**. EdX then sends a message to the email address in the **Email
Address** field. You click the link in the message to finish resetting your
password.
* **Language**: The language used throughout the edX site. The edX site is currently
* **Language**: The language that the edX site uses during your visits. The edX site is currently
available in a limited number of languages.
* **Country or Region**: The country or region that you live in.

To view or change this information, follow these steps.

Expand All @@ -67,53 +70,78 @@ Specify Additional Information
Additional account information is optional and helps edX to offer more and
better courses.

* Education Completed
* Gender
* Year of Birth
* Country or Region
* Preferred Language
* **Education Completed**: The highest level of education that you have completed.
* **Gender**: The gender you identify as.
* **Year of Birth**: The year that you were born.
* **Preferred Language**: The language that you speak most frequently or that
you prefer to communicate in.

To view or change this information, follow these steps.

#. On any edX page, click the arrow next to your username in the upper-right
corner, and then select **Account Settings**.
#. On the **Account Settings** page, locate the **Additional Information
(optional)** section.
#. To add or change your information, click its associated field, and then
enter new text in the field or select a new option from a list. Your
changes are saved automatically.
#. To add or change your information, hover the mouse pointer over the field
for the information that you want to add or change.

.. _SFD Profile Page:
If you have not added information to the field, the field appears
highlighted and surrounded by a dashed line.

.. image:: /Images/SFD_Prof_Add_Info.png
:width: 300
:alt: A profile page with the "Add language" highlighted and surrounded by a dashed line

If the field already has information, the field appears highlighted, and a
pencil icon appears in the upper-right corner.

.. image:: /Images/SFD_Prof_Edit_Info.png
:width: 500
:alt: A profile page with the "About Me" field highlighted

#. Click inside the field, and then either enter text in the field or select a
new option from a list.

Your changes are saved automatically.

******************************
Create or Edit an edX Profile
******************************
.. _SFD Profile Page:

.. Do we want to tell learners how to find and see other users'
.. profiles? Is there a page or directory for this?
*************************************
View, Create, or Edit an edX Profile
*************************************

Your edX profile allows you to share information about yourself, including an
image, with the edX community. Your profile can be a limited profile or a full
profile.
image, with the edX community. You can share a limited profile that just
includes your username and image, or you can share a full profile that
includes biographical information.

.. image:: /Images/SFD_ViewOwnProfile.png
:width: 500
:alt: A learner's full profile with location, language, and short biographical paragraph

.. note:: Learners under 13 years of age can only share a limited profile.

* A limited profile includes the following information. Only your
================================
Create or Edit Your edX Profile
================================

Your profile can be a limited profile or a full profile.

* A limited profile can include the following information. Only your
username is required.

* Your username.
* An image that you select to identify you on the edX site.

* A full profile includes the following information. Only your username is required.
* A full profile can include the following information. Only your username is
required.

* Your username.
* An image that you select to identify you on the edX site.
* Your country or region.
* Your preferred language.
* A paragraph about yourself.

.. image:: /Images/SFD_ViewOwnProfile.png
:width: 500
:alt: A student's profile with location, language, and short biographical paragraph

To create or edit your profile, follow these steps.

#. On any edX page, click the arrow next to your username in the upper-right
Expand All @@ -129,7 +157,7 @@ To create or edit your profile, follow these steps.
saved automatically.

.. note:: You must specify your year of birth on the **Account Settings** page
before you share a full profile. If you are under age 14, you can only
before you share a full profile. If you are under age 13, you can only
share a limited profile.

* Add an image that you want to associate with your edX username.
Expand All @@ -149,6 +177,28 @@ To create or edit your profile, follow these steps.
are not visible on your profile page. However, this information is saved. To
make this information visible again, select **Full Profile**.

================================
View Another Learner's Profile
================================

You view other learners' profiles through the course discussions.

#. On the **Discussion** tab, select the username of any learner in an
original post, a response, or a comment.
#. When the **Active Threads** page for that learner opens, select the
learner's username in the upper-left corner of the page.

The following image shows a learner's username in an original post, the
learner's username on the **Active Threads** page, and the learner's profile
page.

.. image:: /Images/SFD_Prof_from_Disc.png
:width: 600
:alt: Image of a discussion with a learner's username circled, an image of
that learner's active threads page in the course discussions, and an
image of the learner's profile


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Link or Unlink a Social Media Account
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