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Your APAN profile is how people will identify you within a group. Once you've registered, complete your APAN Profile.

  • Your profile includes your picture or avatar, a basic information section where you may include general, professional and contact information.
  • Completing your profile allows other users to learn more about you which could lead to valuable APAN connections. 
  • At minimum, if you are using APAN for an exercise or event describe your role for those tasks.

Manage Your APAN Settings

There are several ways to update your settings based on what you are trying to do.

Change my Profile Settings

  1. Click your avatar in the upper right corner.
  2. Click Profile.  Your profile will appear.
  3. Click Edit Profile.
  4. Make the changes and updates you wish to make.
  5. Select Save Profile.

Change Avatar or Profile Picture

  1. Click on your avatar in the upper right corner.
  2. Click Profile.
  3. Click Edit Profile.
  4. Click Change over the current avatar.
  5. To change your avatar to a new image:
    1. Click Browse - select image.
    2. Click Upload and use image.
    3. Alternatively, click Select an avatar.
  6. To simply remove your avatar, click Remove Avatar.
  7. Click Save profile.

Change Display Name

The display name is your identity on APAN; it is displayed on the top right of the page and where your identity is shown on within APAN. The display name on the other hand can be changed. By default, your username will be used as the display name, unless you update your Settings within your APAN Profile. 

  1. Click on your avatar in the upper right corner.
  2. Profile.
  3. Click Edit Profile.
  4. Find your display name. This is located directly under the search bar, right beside your avatar. Place your cursor over your display name. A grey outline will appear.
  5. Within the grey box, edit your display name.
  6. Save.
  7. Your display name may take a while to show the change. You may need to refresh the page.

Update Profile Time Zone or Date Format

  1. Click on your avatar in the upper right corner.
  2. Click Settings.
  3. Locate the Time Zone or Date Format dropdown.
  4. Select the appropriate Time Zone and Date Format you wish to update.
  5. Click Save profile.

Change Tabs within APAN Profile

Your profile's tabs (activity, group, etc.) are set by default. Users cannot change these tabs.

(Information last reviewed on 22 June 2023)