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Requesting a Change to Your Canvas Display Name
Updated onArticleCanvas offers users a variety of ways to personalize their account profiles, including adding a profile picture, biography, and links to your personal website, blog, or portfolio. You can even edit the settings for your account which allows you to select your personal pronoun to display next to your name in Canvas. Your profile information can be viewed by all users in your courses as long as your instructor has enabled that feature for the course.
The Alamo Colleges District permits users to list their preferred first name in their Canvas display name.
What kind of user are you? Student Canvas
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BioSig Checklist
Updated onArticleBioSig-ID is configured as an external tool, or third-party integration, that allows an instructor or course designer to add the tool with a just few simple steps. This tool is used to authenticate users and minimize academic dishonesty in online courses.
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What is BioSig?
Updated onArticleBioSig-ID is an authentication tool that uses biometrics to make it more difficult for unauthorized users to access secure data or commit fraud by posing as another individual. It is also used to minimize academic dishonesty in online courses. It is a requirement of SACSCOC that member institutions verify the identity of distance education students, and BioSig-ID helps us to fulfill that requirement.
BioSig-ID is fully integrated with the Instructure Canvas learning management system. The tool is intended for use only with fully online and hybrid course offerings.
What kind of user are you? Student BioSig
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How to set up an email login
Updated onArticleWhen signing up for Zoom, we recommend using the SSO option using your ACES email and username. However, if ACES is down for maintenance, you may use an alternative login method with your student/employee@alamo.edu email address. This article will guide you through setting up an alternative login to ensure you can access your Zoom account whenever.
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