What are Profile and User Settings?

Profile and User Settings let you control your personal information in Canvas, how you wish to be notified of activity in your courses, and give access to personal areas of Canvas that are not connected to any of your specific courses. You can access these settings by clicking your Account icon at the top of the Canvas Global Navigation menu.

All users have these profile and user settings, regardless of whether they are Teachers, TAs, Students or hold other course roles. Profile and User settings are

You can use your profile and user settings to:

View and edit your user settings, such as language preference, and time zone
View or add a profile picture, biography and custom links
Set Notifications for activity within your courses
Upload personal Files and view files that others have shared with you
Create and manage ePortfolios of your course work
Download your assignment submissions from current and previous courses
Configure Canvas to integrate with your Box account, OMET dashboard, and NameCoach name recording.

Instructor Help for Profile and User Settings

Setting Notification Preferences

How do I manage my Canvas notification settings as an instructor?
How do I manage notifications for a single course as an instructor?

Editing Your Profile

Changing Your User Settings

Accessing Shared Content

How do I manage content shared to me from other users?

Student Help for Profile and User Settings

How do I edit my profile in my user account as a student?
How do I add a profile picture in my user account as a student?
How do I change the settings in my user account as a student?
How do I change the language preference in my user account as a student?
How do I set a time zone in my user account as a student?
How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as a student?
How do I manage notifications for a single course as a student?
How do I view a QR code to log in to the Canvas mobile apps as a student?
What feature options can I enable in my user account as a student?
How do I manage new features in my user account as a student?