How do I set up my profile photo?

You can upload your own profile photo or use your official UVA ID photo as a profile photo.

Setting up a profile photo adds a personal element to online discussions and other activities. Your profile photo displays with your name in the UVACollab menu and in tools like Discussions, where it appears with your posts. Instructors can also view profile photos as an alternative to official photos in the Roster tool.

Access to profile photos may be restricted in the privacy settings.

Set a custom profile photo.

Go to Home.

When you first log into UVACollab, you are placed in your Home site.  If you are viewing another UVACollab site, select the Home button in the favorites bar at the top of the screen, or in your My Sites list, to access it.

Go to Profile.

Select Profile from the tool menu in your Home site.

Select Change Picture.

To set a custom image as your profile photo, hover over the image area and select Change picture to upload a new photo.

Select the new picture.

  1. Select the Choose File button to browse for and upload a new image.  After locating the desired image, select it and click the Open button or the Choose button, depending on your operating system.
  2. Select Upload.

Note: The image must be in a web-friendly format (such as .jpg, .gif or .png) and 2 MB or less in file size.

Refresh the page and view the updated picture.

After saving the uploaded image, reload the page to view the updated profile picture.

Set your official UVA photo as your profile photo.

Go to Home.

When you first log into UVACollab, you are placed in your Home site.  If you are viewing another UVACollab site, select the Home tab in the favorites bar at the top of the screen, or in your My Sites list, to access it.

Go to Profile.

Select Profile from the tool menu in your Home site.

Select Preferences.

To set your official UVA ID photo as your profile photo, select the Preferences tab in the menu bar near the top of the page.

Select profile image settings.

Select Use the official institutional image as my profile image.

Save the changes.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and select the Save settings button to save the changes.

After saving, reload the page in the web browser to see the new profile picture.