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Setting Up Your User Account on
Profile e-portfolio
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Profile Support Team
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Getting started …
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 This
tutorial takes you through setting
up your e-portfolio user account on
Profile.
 But
first some background …
About your Profile e-portfolio
account …
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The Profile system provides students with a
personal, secure electronic portfolio, in which
you can interact with web-forms to document
your learning activities.
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As it is a secure system, you require a login
consisting of a username and password.
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The login details are not the same as for your
university. So remember to record these
details somewhere secure.
Your username
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Your username for Profile will be your email
address.
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Make sure that the person at your university
responsible for setting up your Profile account
has your correct email details.
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If you are unsure who that person is, email
[email protected] with details of your
course.
Your password
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Your password will be sent to your email
account once you have activated your Profile
account.
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The rest of this tutorial explains how to obtain
a password and access your e-portfolio.
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Please note that the password is in the form
of two words separated by a hyphen (-).
Make sure you include the hyphen when
entering your account.
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An example of a password is happy-ear
Activating your Profile account
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When your Administrator enters your email
address in the Profile database, you will
receive an automated email giving you
instructions how to activate your account and
obtain a password.
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Because the email has been generated
automatically, it may be labelled as [Spam] or
look like spam but do not delete this email.
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Follow the instructions given in the email. An
example given in next slide.
New User email
To: Sam Smith
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The email you
receive will look
something like
this. Follow the
instructions.
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Click on the link
on the email to go
to the Profile
website:
Dear Sam,
student
www.profile.ac.uk
Profile login page
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Type in your email address and press enter
on your keyboard.
[email protected]
Registering with Profile
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The first time you enter your username (ie
email address), the following screen will
appear.
Registering with Profile cont’d
This is part of the password
self-management system
that allows you to generate
a brand new password if
you ever forget your
password.
My pet’s name
poodles
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Enter some ‘secret’
information (eg your
mother’s maiden name or
pet’s name) in the Hidden
word field.
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Give a visible reminder of the
‘hidden’ word; in this case your
pet’s name.
Then, click E-mail my password
Password is
emailed to you.
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When this is done,
Profile will send your
password to your email
address.
In this case the
password is shiny-door.
Go back into your email
account and there will
be another email for
you from Profile,
containing your
password.
The email will look
something like this.
Now you can log in …
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Go back to www.profile.ac.uk and type in your
username (ie email) and press return
[email protected]
Enter your password ..
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Enter your password; in this example, it is shiny-door
(in reality the password will appear as **********)
shiny-door
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When you press Enter, you will be taken to your eportfolio.
End of this tutorial
If you have any queries contact [email protected]