{"id":42,"date":"2021-08-09T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/?p=42"},"modified":"2025-09-09T15:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:23:11","slug":"add-a-profile-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Add a profile picture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Upload a photo of yourself to your Blackboard profile. This will let your lecturers see who you are when they look at the list of students enrolled on the Course and when you have made an online contribution, for example when you post as part of a Discussion activity. (Note: Other students on your module\/s will be able to see a small thumbnail image of you where this appears.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Student\/Ultra\/About_You\/Profile\">Blackboard Profile help page<\/a>, or watch the short video below to find out how to edit your profile and upload a picture.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1042921921\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upload a photo of yourself to your Blackboard profile. This will let your lecturers see who you are when they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Add a profile picture - Technology Enhanced Learning Support for Students<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Add a profile picture - Technology Enhanced Learning Support for Students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Upload a photo of yourself to your Blackboard profile. This will let your lecturers see who you are when they [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Technology Enhanced Learning Support for Students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-09T07:00:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-09T14:23:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sev Raychev\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UniRdg_TEL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UniRdg_TEL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sev Raychev\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sev Raychev\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#\/schema\/person\/640d7afe549491adc1dee885a5869d46\"},\"headline\":\"Add a profile picture\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-09T07:00:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-09T14:23:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/\"},\"wordCount\":102,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Blackboard Learn Ultra\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/\",\"name\":\"Add a profile picture - Technology Enhanced Learning Support for Students\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-09T07:00:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-09T14:23:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blackboard Learn Ultra\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/category\/blackboard-learn-ultra\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Add a profile picture\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/\",\"name\":\"Blackboard Help for Students - University of Reading\",\"description\":\"University of Reading\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Reading\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2018\/10\/rdg.jpg?fit=317%2C317&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2018\/10\/rdg.jpg?fit=317%2C317&ssl=1\",\"width\":317,\"height\":317,\"caption\":\"University of Reading\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniRdg_TEL\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#\/schema\/person\/640d7afe549491adc1dee885a5869d46\",\"name\":\"Sev Raychev\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d291c30fbc4ff89a61d36261c3764100?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d291c30fbc4ff89a61d36261c3764100?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sev Raychev\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/author\/tel\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Add a profile picture - Technology Enhanced Learning Support for Students","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Add a profile picture - Technology Enhanced Learning Support for Students","og_description":"Upload a photo of yourself to your Blackboard profile. This will let your lecturers see who you are when they [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/","og_site_name":"Technology Enhanced Learning Support for Students","article_published_time":"2021-08-09T07:00:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-09T14:23:11+00:00","author":"Sev Raychev","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UniRdg_TEL","twitter_site":"@UniRdg_TEL","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sev Raychev","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/"},"author":{"name":"Sev Raychev","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#\/schema\/person\/640d7afe549491adc1dee885a5869d46"},"headline":"Add a profile picture","datePublished":"2021-08-09T07:00:36+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-09T14:23:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/"},"wordCount":102,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Blackboard Learn Ultra"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/","name":"Add a profile picture - Technology Enhanced Learning Support for Students","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-08-09T07:00:36+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-09T14:23:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-a-profile-picture\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blackboard Learn Ultra","item":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/category\/blackboard-learn-ultra\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Add a profile picture"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/","name":"Blackboard Help for Students - University of Reading","description":"University of Reading","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#organization","name":"University of Reading","url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2018\/10\/rdg.jpg?fit=317%2C317&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2018\/10\/rdg.jpg?fit=317%2C317&ssl=1","width":317,"height":317,"caption":"University of Reading"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniRdg_TEL"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#\/schema\/person\/640d7afe549491adc1dee885a5869d46","name":"Sev Raychev","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d291c30fbc4ff89a61d36261c3764100?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d291c30fbc4ff89a61d36261c3764100?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sev Raychev"},"url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/author\/tel\/"}]}},"modified_by":"nickfenge","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfxATG-G","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7390,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/7390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}