Personalizing Your HuskyCT Profile

Students, faculty and staff may edit their profile in HuskyCT directly on the site without help from ITS. If you need help after following this guide, please reach out to edtech@uconn.edu. This edited profile information appears in a name card when clicking on a user’s avatar in a course.

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Step by Step: Editing your Profile

1. Navigate to HuskyCT.

2. Sign in with your NetID and NetID password if prompted.

3. Click on your name in the left-hand menu.

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4. Hover your cursor over your name, pronunciation, email, or pronouns and then click on the pencil icon. All these edit buttons open the same menu.

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5. Within this Contact Information popup,

   1. You may add a phonetic spelling of your name in the Pronunciation text field.

   2. You may click on Record name pronunciation and use your microphone to record your own voice speaking your name.

   3. Notes:

      1. If you wish, you may continue further down this popup to continue filling in information but remember that you are not required to fill in any of these fields.

      2. The Additional Name field should not be used as it does not appear in your Name Card. If you would like to change your name, please follow this guide to edit your NetID: Changing Your Chosen Name

      3. You can set your Pronouns here.

6. Click Done to save your changes.

Where will people see this information, and how will it appear?

Your name card will appear almost everywhere you see your avatar. When clicking on someone’s avatar (their icon), a little floating box will appear that contains their information. Click on the little X to close this popup.

You will be able to see this floating name card in assessments, the roster and gradebook, Communication Tools, and groups.