Skip to main content
UNSW Sydney Logo
Teaching
Search
  • About
  • Teaching
    • New to teaching
    • Educational design
    • Assessment and feedback
    • Evaluating education
    • AI in teaching and learning
    • More...
  • Educational Technology
    • Support
    • Training
    • EdTech resources
    • Media & immersive
  • Events & News
    • Upcoming events
    • Recent news
    • Event recordings & resources
    • Subscribe to education news
  • Awards
    • Awards
    • Fellowships
    • Gathering evidence of your teaching practice
  • Professional Development
    • Beginning to Teach (BTT)
    • Teaching Accelerator Program
    • Foundations of L&T (FULT)
    • Course Design Institute (CDI)
    • Program Level Approach to Assessment
    • Self-paced learning
    • Academic mentoring
  • Contact & Support
    • Education contacts and support
    • UNSW's Teaching Commons

Breadcrumb

  1. Teaching
  2. Educational Technology Support
  3. Resources

Moodle Profile, Preference and Privacy Settings

The Moodle Profile determines what is shown in staff accounts and what notifications to receive.

Editing your profile and controlling your privacy settings can be an important part of personalising your Moodle course, and defining how your profile will be presented to staff and students.

The profile page will begin populated with basic user details, but you can be quite creative as to how you present yourself to your students.

Edit user profile settings

The Moodle profile page allows you to set personal details about yourself which you think may be useful for others to know; this can include city, country, contact information, time zone, and profile picture.

Click 'Get Started' to view the step-by-step guide.

Edit preferences

The preferences page allows you to control aspects of your account such as notification and text editor preferences.

We recommend that within the "Forum preferences", you set the Email digest type field and When sending forum post notifications field to your preferred options.

  • The Email digest type field allows you to choose how often to receive forum notifications. The email digest can be enabled to group all forum notifications into a single daily email.
  • The When sending forum post notifications field allows you to determine whether posts in the forum will be marked as read once you receive the forum notification
Click 'Get Started' to view the step-by-step guide.

Edit privacy settings

The privacy settings page determines what information is visible to other users in Moodle. By default, the information is only visible to you and other staff.

Click 'Get Started' to view the step-by-step guide.

FAQ

How to disable email notifications?

The Moodle Notification preferences can be changed to allow or stop Moodle from sending email notifications:

1. In Moodle, click on your name towards the top right and select 'Preferences'

2. In the user account section, select 'Notification preferences'

3. Change the desired preferences on or off to get/stop emails

The 'Disable notifications' checkbox can be enabled to stop email notifications entirely.

Can I change my email on Moodle?

Email addresses cannot be updated in the Moodle profile.

To update your email or set up your initial profile, please contact the IT Service Centre. Once they make the change, it will take about 24 hours to update in Moodle.

Can I change my name in Moodle?

Users can only update their Alternate name in Moodle.

1. In Moodle, click your profile icon towards the top right

2. Select 'Profile' and click 'Edit profile'

3. Update your 'Alternate name' field and press save

The alternate name will appear in brackets beside the full name in the participants list. The official first or last name will need to be updated in the myUNSW staff profile managed by UNSW HR.

On this page

  • Edit user profile settings
  • Edit preferences
  • Edit privacy settings
  • FAQ
Back to top
  • Print
  • Home
  • About
  • Teaching
  • Educational Technology
  • Events & news
  • Awards
  • Professional development
  • Contacts

AUTHORISED BY PRO VICE-CHANCELLOR EDUCATION
UNSW CRICOS Provider Code: 00098G, TEQSA Provider ID: PRV12055, ABN: 57 195 873 179
Teaching at UNSW, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia Telephone 9385 5989

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
UNSW respectfully acknowledges the Bidjigal, Biripi, Dharug, Gadigal, Gumbaynggirr, Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri peoples, whose unceded lands we are privileged to learn, teach and work on our UNSW campuses. We honour the Elders of these Nations, as well as broader Nations that we walk together with, past and present, and acknowledge their ongoing connection to culture, community and Country.
- The Uluru Statement
 


  • Privacy Policy
  • Copyright & Disclaimer
  • Accessibility
  • Complaints
  • Site Map
  • Site Feedback
Page last updated: Thursday 20 March 2025