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  2. Using PebblePad
  3. Your Account

Personal account settings

Use account settings to adjust your profile image, set a preferred language, control cookies to view external content and how PebblePad notifies you by email.






Your profile

 

As your account is linked to your wider institution profile, you cannot update your:


  • Username
  • Display Name


 

Please contact your local PebblePad support team for assistance.

 

 




Your password

 

Changing your password is dependent on how your institution's PebblePad installation is set up.


 

You can change when using a:

  • Local account

 

You cannot change when using a:

  • Single Sign On account
  • VLE / LMS account


 

Read more about account types on the Log in to PebblePad page.


 



 


 

Profile image

 

Your account profile image will appear on your PebblePad dashboard and in comment threads.


 

To add:

  1. On the Pebble+ dashboard, click the Edit button

    Profile photo tile
  2. From the sidebar, select an image or upload to your Asset Store.
  3. Click the image to select and use it.

 


To change:

  • Repeat the steps above.

 


Upload an image ready to use as it cannot be edited within PebblePad.






Preferred language

 

You can set a preferred language to be used for you across the platform.


To set: 

  1. From the navigation bar, click the Settings cog icon.
    Setting icon in navigation bar

  2. From the language dropdown, choose your preference

    Language selection modal

  3. Click Save settings. 

 

Available languages:

  • Cymraeg – Cymru
  • English – Australia
  • English – New Zealand
  • English – United Kingdom
  • English – United States
  • Nederlands - Nederland






 

Cookies

 

You can control how content from other websites and services (e.g. YouTube, H5P etc) displays in your PebblePad account by adjusting the cookie settings.

 


To set:

  1. From the navigation bar, click the Settings cog icon.

    Setting icon in navigation bar

  2. Choose your preference from the options

    Cookie setting modal

  3. Click Save settings.

 

 


 

 

Notifications


You can adjust how you receive email notifications from PebblePad when activities occur.

  • Email – individual notifications sent instantly when the event happens.
  • Digest – a summary included in one daily email sent at a time you choose.



To set:

  1. From the burger menu, choose Additional Settings > Notifications 

    Burger menu


  2. Tick and untick, as preferred.


    Notification setting options

  3. Click Save to confirm.

 

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