You can add a badge to your GCconnex avatar to show your involvement with, or to support an interdepartmental initiative. To add a badge to your GCconnex avatar, you must:
- be logged in to GCconnex; and
- be a member of the specific group related to the initiative
Option 1: Adding a badge from the group’s page
- Go to the GCconnex group related to the initiative.
- From the group’s page, you can add the badge by clicking on the button Add to my avatar from the badge’s initiative’s widget (box) that appears in the in the top right corner of the group page. A message will appear to confirm the badge has been added to your avatar, and your avatar will automatically be updated with the new badge.
- Once you've added the badge, the widget will disappear from the group page.
Option 2: From your user Profile page
- Go to your user profile page.
- Click the Edit button that appears on the top of your contact card. A window will pop up to edit your personal information.
- Click Edit Avatar in the top left corner of the "Edit Basic Profile" window.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page, under the heading “Add badge from group” select, from the drop down menu, the badge you would like to add to your avatar.
- Click Create your avatar to update your GCconnex avatar with the new badge.
You can remove a badge from your avatar at any time. Just follow these simple steps:
- Log in to GCconnex
- Go to your user profile page.
- Click the Edit button that appears on the top of your contact card. A window will pop up to edit your personal information.
- Click Edit Avatar in the top left corner of the "Edit Basic Profile" window.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page, under the heading “Add badge from group” and select, from the drop down menu, the empty (dotted line) field, to remove the badge from your avatar.
- Click Create your avatar to update your GCconnex avatar and remove the badge.