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3 [[image:LMS.Benutzerhandbuch OPAL.Icons.WebHome@KB_Steckbrief.png||data-xwiki-image-style="img-icon"]] The **Profile **course element allows participants of a course to introduce themselves to other course participants by providing basic personal information. The course author can adapt and thus personalise the profile with any number of freely definable text fields.
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16 == Usage: Learners' View ==
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21 If you open the **Profile** course element, you will see an overview of all previously created and approved profiles. The navigation bar facilitates orientation by arranging the profiles in alphabetical order. All profiles are sorted by last name.
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23 Your **own profile **is always the **first **to be displayed. If you do not yet have a profile, you will see the **Create** entry.
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37 As a user, you have access to the following functions in a **Profile** course element:
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47 ==== Create profile ====
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51 Each participant can create exactly one profile per course element.
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56 1. Open the **Profile **course element.
57 1. Click on **Create**.
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67 3. Enter the relevant information in the text fields configured by the author. In the case of free text fields, you can choose between different text formatting options. Further information can be found on the [[Text editor>>url:https://www.bps-system.de/help/display/LMSintern/.Texteditor+v3.8||shape="rect"]] help page.
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69 4. If enabled for your user type, you can optionally add a **profile picture**.
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73 Please note that typing your personal information is optional. There are no mandatory fields that must be filled in to create a profile. It is up to you to decide which information you would like to share with others.
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83 5. Then decide on the visibility of your profile. If you activate the checkbox at the bottom of the page, the profile will **only be visible to other enrolled course members **(i. e. it will **not **be public).
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86 If you deactivate the checkbox, you agree to your course being published, which means that your profile content will also be visible to guests.
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89 6. Click on **Save **to complete the creation process.
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104 ==== View profile ====
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110 In the **Profile** course element, you can view and read existing profiles. 
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115 1. Open the **Profile** course element.
116 1. If at least one profile has already been created, an alphabetical **navigation bar** will appear below the element title. Each letter for which at least one profile has already been created is **highlighted in colour**. The alphabetical assignment is done based on the **last name**.
117 1. Select the profile you want to view by **clicking** **on it**.
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125 4. The profile opens, and you can view this person's shared information.
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143 ==== Edit profile ====
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149 You can edit and adapt your profile information as well as your profile picture at any time. 
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154 1. Open the **Profile **course element.
155 1. Click on your profile to open it.
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163 3. Click on the **pencil** icon.
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172 4. The same window as for creating a new profile opens. Make your desired changes. You also have the option to change or delete your profile picture.
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174 5. Click on **Save **to complete the editing process.
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193 ==== Delete profile ====
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199 This option allows you to delete your profile. It will then be removed from the profile course element and can no longer be viewed by other users.
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204 1. Open the **Profile **course element.
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207 Click on the **trash can** icon in the upper right corner.
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218 3. Confirm the deletion process with **Yes**.
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222 If you delete your profile, all embedded information as well as your profile picture (if any) will be removed.
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224 You can create a new profile at any time, provided the course element is not subject to any other restrictions preventing it.
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238 == Configuration: Authors' View ==
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241 The following functions are available to you in the course editor:
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245 ==== Add a profile course element ====
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257 ==== General configuration settings ====
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271 |=(% scope="col" %)Visibility|If necessary, restrict the visibility of the course element here. For more information, see the [[Visibility >>doc:LMS._Include Library.Kursseiten.Kurshauptknoten\: Verfügbare Tabs im Editor.Sichtbarkeit und Zugriff.WebHome]]help page.
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276 This tab allows you to decide which user properties should be displayed in a profile. Detailed instructions are given in the **Special configuration settings** section below.
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281 On this tab, different translations can be added to individual course element areas.
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290 To configure special settings, open the **Profile** course element// //and switch to the **Configuration **tab.
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296 The following functions are available to you on the **Configuration** tab:
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298 **Selection of user properties:**
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300 * By selecting the desired checkboxes, you can decide which user properties stored in the system should be listed in a profile.
301 * If a user creates a profile, their personal data will be displayed in the selected property fields. However, the user can decide for themselves which content they would like to share and which information they would rather want to delete or change.
302 * If you disable the **Last name **user property, all profiles will be displayed together in an overview as they cannot be sorted alphabetically anymore.
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304 **Add new fields:**
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306 * This option allows you to add **more user properties** to a profile.** **Click the **Add **button and enter a **title **in the text field. Using the plus and minus symbols, you can create or remove fields.
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308 Click on **Save **to confirm your settings.
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311 You can also use the **Profile **course element to gather opinions or expectations from your course participants.
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322 Participants of the course can optionally limit the visibility of their own profile to "course participants". Course participants are all users who are enrolled in one of the course's learning groups. Therefore, make sure that the course has at least one learning group and that all users who are allowed to see such restricted profiles are enrolled in at least one learning group.
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329 From the course view, you can access all functions available to users. For detailed instructions on all functions, see the [[Functions for users>>doc:||anchor="Funktionen"]] section. However, in addition to their own profile, course owners can also edit and delete the profiles of all course participants.
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