Adding a picture to your profile
- Click here if you already have a picture uploaded to a website on the internet.
- Click here if you need to upload a new picture for your profile
Linking an existing picture on the internet to your profile
To link your profile to a picture on the internet, you must know what the URL of the image is. Some browsers let you right-click (control click for Mac users) on the picture and choose "Copy image location". In other browsers you must right-click and choose "Properties" and copy the URL from there.
Once you have copied the URL, follow these steps to link it to your profile:
- Click on "Profile" located on the left hand side of your "My Workspace" tab.
- Click on "Edit My Profile" and scroll down to the Picture area.
- Select the "Use Picture URL" option and paste the URL address in the text field below the "Use Picture URL" radio button.
- Click the "Save" button at the bottom of the page
Uploading a new picture and putting it in your profile
To add a picture to your profile you must upload the picture, set the picture to be viewable to all Sakai users, and then point the Profile tool to use the new picture. Here are the steps:
- Find an image of yourself that is not larger than 200KB.
- Go to the "My Workspace" tab in your Sakai account and click on the "Resources" button in the left toolbar.
- Find a drop down box entitled "Add" next to the "My Workspace Folder".
- Click on the "Browse" button and navigate through your computer or jump drive to select your image.
- Select and highlight your image and press "Open".
- Press "Upload Files Now".
- Click on the "Actions" menu next to your picture in the list of files in your resources folder and choose "Edit Details".
- Click the radio button next to "This file is publicly viewable" and then click the "Update" button at the bottom of the page.
- Place your cursor over your image file which is now listed in your resources folder.
- Right-click on the file and scroll down to "Copy Link Location" (Mac users can hold down the control key and click instead of right-clicking).
- You now have the URL address copied to your clipboard and can paste it into your profile.
- Now click on "Profile" located on the left hand side of your workspace area.
- Click on "Edit My Profile" and scroll down to the Picture area.
- Select the "Use Picture URL" option and paste the URL address in the text field below the "Use Picture URL" radio button.
- Click the "Save" button at the bottom of the page.