Personalizing Your Student HuskyCT Profile

Students 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 techsupport@uconn.edu or huskyct@uconn.edu. This edited profile information appears in a name card when clicking on a user’s avatar in a course.

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.

How to update your profile picture

You can update your profile picture with the following steps:

1. Log into HuskyCT

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

3. Click on the pencil next to your profile image on the top-center of the page. This will be a gray silhouette if you have not already set an image.

4. Click “Upload new Profile Picture”

5. In the popup that appears, navigate to and select the image you wish to use from your local computer

6. Wait for the image to finish uploading

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 the roster, discussion boards, groups, etc.