Managing your Account

Submitted by admin on 24 February, 2010 - 12:40

The new site allows you to maintain your own contact information and manage your access to the website.  To see your current membership and contact information, click "My Account" in the menu at the top right of the site.  You may access this menu from any page within the site.  You may also access it by clicking your username anytime it appears on the site (if you are logged in, it is always at the top left - "Welcome your-user-name").

In the left column, you will see your current membership status, any groups you are a part of (on the site), any recent posts or comments you have made within these groups.  In the right column, your contact and membership information is available.

To Edit your website account:

Your website account controls your site access (username and password), and your online picture.  In the future, this will also include areas for you to add a CV, recent publications, etc.

  1. Go to "My Account"
  2. Click "Edit" - this should appear in purple above the page title.
  3. Change any available fields.  
  4. Click Save at the bottom of the page to save changes.
  5. Username:  This is the name which will appear on any post you make within a group.  You may change it to anything you would like, though as a courtesy we recommend that your username bear some resemblance to your real name.  If current members want to know a bit more about you, they can click this username and see a limited amount of your information (the same as what is seen in the searchable member directory).
  6. Password: REMEMBER IT!  You may change your password to anything you can easily remember.  Your password is no longer accessible by anyone but you.  This means that if you forget your password, you must request a new password using the link available in the login block.  The SCE office does not store your password.

To Edit your contact information:

The right column of the "My Account" page lists your current contact and academic information.  To edit, click the edit link which appears beneath the area you would like to change.