Edit a user

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View a user's profile

Edit a user's system role or profile information

Change a user's password

When searching for a user within your organization, you can perform the following tasks with the search results:

  • View the user's information and enrollment
  • Edit the user's information
  • Change the system role of the user
  • Change the password of the user

Administrators can perform these tasks by accessing the user profile of the user to be edited.

NOTE: Additionally, administrators can delete users from their organization (check out Delete a user).

View a user's profile

You can search your entire Möbius organization to access a specific user profile.

To view the user profile of the user to be edited:

  1. Click System User Manager on the System Homepage.

The System User Manager menu is the second menu in the main Möbius navigation on the System Homepage.

  1. Click User Search.

Hte User Search option is in the System user Manager menu.

  1. Search for the user profile to be edited (check out Search for a user).

The basic search fields are shown.

  1. The user profiles that match your search criteria are displayed in the Active users in system pane.

The user login mcampbell is highlighted in the user login column of the user search results.

TIP: Administrators can delete users from the organization-wide user search results (check out Delete a user).

The Delete column is added to the search results table.

  1. Click a user login to view the user profile.

The user login mcampbell is highlighted in the user login column of the user search results.

  1. You can review the user details and enrollment information on the User Details page.

The user details and the classes that user is enrolled in are displayed on the user profile page.

NOTE: Administrators will be able to view the user's Global ID field, which is unique to each user. This is useful if you need to contact DigitalEd's Support Team with queries about student licensing (check out Get my license using Möbius).

The Global ID field is after the User Login field on the user profile page.

Edit a user's system role or profile information

To edit the details in the chosen user profile:

  1. Click Edit User in User Details.

The Edit User option is the first link in the User Details pane of the user profile page.

  1. You can modify the following user information:

The "System Role", "First Name", "Last Name", "Display Name", "Student ID", and "Email" fields are editable.

  • System Role
  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Display Name
  • Student ID
  • Email
  • Custom fields

NOTE:User Login and Global ID can't be changed.

NOTE: All fields except for email address are case-sensitive.

TIP: Check out Manage user roles (administrator) to learn more about the different system roles.

  1. (Optional) Select the Require user to validate on next login check box to prompt the user to confirm their profile information the next time they log in.

The "Require user to validate on next login" check box is the last editable option in the User Details pane.

  1. Click Submit to save your changes.

The "Submit" button is the first button at the bottom of the page.

NOTE: If a custom user field (Example — Program Name) has been created, this field is required to be filled in (check out Create custom user fields).

  1. A success message appears when your changes have been saved.

The success message of "The user information was successfully updated" appears at the top of the user profile page.

Change a user's password

To change the password of the chosen user:

  1. Click Password Update in the User Details pane.

The "Password Update" option is the second option in the User Details pane.

  1. Define the user's new password.

On the Password Update page, the user's name is printed under "Full Name", and the text field for Password is highlighted.

TIP: Any new password defined for the user should:

  • Be at least eight characters long
  • Include both upper case and lower case letters
  • Contain at least one special character (Example — 1-9, !, *, _, etc)
  • NOT include a word in the dictionary
  • NOT include accented characters (Example — ö, é, etc)

  1. Re-enter the new password for confirmation.

On the Password Update page, the user's name is printed under "Full Name", and the text field for Confirm Password is highlighted.

  1. Click Submit.

The "Submit" button is the first button after the Confirm Password field.

  1. A success message appears that the password has been updated.

The message of "User password has been successfully updated" is displayed on the User Details page when the password is successfully changed.

 

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