You can keep your personal settings up to date by changing your profile, notifications, preferred language and account settings in Brightspace.
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Change profile in Brightspace
- Click on your name in the minibar
- Click on Profile.

You can change the following settings :
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Picture
- Click Change Picture and upload a picture of yourself
- Navigate to the location of your profile picture
- Click Add
- Click Save and Close to return to the homepage.
Please note: The maximum file size is 1 MB. For best quality and proportions, upload an image with a width and height of 100 by 100 pixels. Accepted file formats are JPG, PNG, and GIF.
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Personal information:
- Enter a slogan if desired and
- Add any interests or hobbies
- Click Save and Close

Your profile settings have been adjusted and saved.
Change Notifications
Notifications are the email notifications you receive for updates in a course. So this does not include the alerts in Brightspace itself (such as uploaded files or submitted assignments). You can turn on or off which courses and course components you receive email notifications for. Read this manual for more information.
Change preferred language
The User menu shows the currently selected language setting; however, you can change this option using the language settings, which can be accessed by clicking on the current preferred language.
To change language settings:
- Click on your username and
- Then select the current preferred language.

- Check the desired language. Saxion provides the following languages
- Click Save

Please note: Saxion assumes that the system language is set to English for all manuals. This is because the translation to Dutch is not always that good. Therefore, it is advisable to leave the system language on --Default-- English (United Kingdom).
Change account settings
Account Settings allows you to set your personal pronouns, change Brightspace font settings, enable assistive technologies like screen readers, and more. For more information, look at the D2L website: Change Account Settings.