User Biography
The user biography appears in the faculty directory. Platform managers can add or edit the bio through the user's profile. Platform managers also determine whether users can edit their own bios (see view and edit profile fields).
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To edit your own information, select your name from the account menu (top corner) and select Profile.
To edit information on another user's behalf, in Core use the People finder to access a user's profile.
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Select Contact card.
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Under About, select Edit bio and then choose which bio you want to edit.
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Personal bio - This information appears in the About section of the user's contact card. Users can see their own contact cards. Users with employee roles can usually see contact cards. Additionally, based on the user's individual privacy settings, other people might find the contact card through a roster or directory.
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Public bio - If your school’s public website includes the faculty directory widget, then this information will appear there if faculty are included in the department. Additionally, if faculty are included in the department, this information will appear on curriculum pages. Schools typically use a standardized format to ensure these bios include similar content and have similar formats.
Tip: To edit specific biographies for Affinity content types:
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Select Core or School website.
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Select Content.
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Choose the content type you want to work with.
Affinity is an "additional content type."
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Tip: Select the affinity group (such as "Meet the staff").
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Tip: Find the user in the list of members for the group.
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Select to edit the user's Biography. These biographies appear where the content type and group are used.
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Enter biographical information and format it as desired. You can even add a hyperlink to a related webpage or social media account.
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Select Save.