Title: Instructions: Moodle preferences
Course: Student Moodle orientation template > Section: Tuning my Moodle

Activity completion: Once you have familiarized yourself with the instructions and edited your Moodle preferences, you can manually mark this item complete by clicking Mark as done.

Click your profile icon in the top right-hand corner and select Preferences (Asetukset) in the menu that appears.

On the page that opens, you can edit the preferences related to your username.

Check the following five settings:

1. Edit profile: Check your profile information and add a profile picture.

1. A proper profile picture is part of your identity as a student in Moodle. Click Edit profile on the Preferences page and scroll down to User picture to add your profile picture.
2. If necessary, change the  Timezone according to your physical location. For example, you may need to change the Timezone when you go to a study exchange.

2. Preferred language (Haluttu kieli): If necessary, change Moodle default language to make using Moodle smoother.

1. By default, language is chosen based on your browser default language. Note that if you have automatic translation on in your browser, for example, Moodle icons and buttons may not view properly and you should choose preferred language through this option.
2. After you choose the preferred language in this view, Moodle opens in your preferred language every time you log in to Moodle.
3. These preferences change the language of the Moodle interface such as button texts. They do not translate the course content added by the teacher.
4. On some Moodle courses (such as language courses) the teacher can determine the language on the course so that your own language preferences are overridden.

3. Forum preferences: Activate Forum tracking: Yes, highlight new posts for me.

1. It will be easier to follow course events when there is a notification of the amount of new discussion forum messages next to discussion forums.

4. Message preferences: You do not need to change the default preferences.

1. The messages are so called instant messages which you can find through the speech bubble icon in the top right-hand corner. You can determine who can send you messages.
2. It is good to have My contacts and anyone in my courses and Email activated so that your peers can contact you if necessary and you get notified of new Moodle messages to your student email.
3. Check with your teacher whether they want to be contacted through Moodle messages or prefer, for example, email contacts. Most teachers prefer to use email.

5. Notification preferences: Do not change the default preferences!

1. When the Email option is activated, you are sure to be notified of all Moodle events in your email.
2. If you make changes to these preferences, make sure you receive email notifications of at least assignments, feedback, and discussion forums.
3. Please note that you will not receive the teacher's current announcements from the course welcome page News forum to your email if you block email notifications. It is your responsibility to follow current messages from Moodle.

You have now gone through the instructions on editing Moodle preferences.

Based on the instructions, you know how to tune your own Moodle preferences.

After you have checked your own Moodle preferences, you can mark this content completed by clicking Mark as done.