In your Instructure Community account, you can set and update your account preferences in the Settings menu.
To update your profile settings, you must be logged in to the Instructure Community.
Notes:
- Learn more about logging in to the Community with Canvas.
- Learn more about logging in to the Community with Mastery Connect.
- Learn more about logging in to the Community without a Canvas account.
Open My Settings
In the Global Navigation menu, click the Avatar icon [1]. Then, click the My Settings link [2].
Update Preference Options
To update your account preferences, click the Preferences link [1].
The Preference Options tab opens by default [2].
To select a default time zone, click the Time zone drop-down menu [3].
To select a default language for your account, click the Language drop-down menu [4].
To ignore HTML, click the Ignore HTML checkbox [5].
To automatically subscribe to topics and reviews, click the Automatically subscribe me to topics or reviews I participate in checkbox [6].
To show confirmation pages, click the Show confirmation pages for posts checkbox [7].
To save your changes, click the Save button [8].
Update Additional Preferences
Your Community account is created with default settings. You can update these settings by clicking the following tabs in the Preferences section:
- To update the way posts display in your account, click the Display tab [1].
- To update the way posts are marked and sorted in your account, click the General tab [2].
- To update the sorting order for forums in your account, click the Linear Layout tab [3].
- To update the sorting order for topics in your account, click the Threaded Layout tab [4].
- To update the display items on your Community home page, click the Home Page tab [5].
- To update visibility settings for your profile information, email address, and online status, click the Privacy tab [6].
- To turn private messaging on or off and to update your private messaging display, click the Private Messenger tab [7].
- To adjust visibility and sorting settings for likes, click the Likes tab [8].
- To update settings for moderator flags, click the Moderator tab [9].
