Customizing Your Profile

How do I add pronouns to my Canvas account?

Canvas has the ability to add your desired pronouns from your centralized Duke identity account to your Canvas profile. It is a two stage process: 1) Add desired pronouns 2) Allow Canvas access to pronoun values.

STEP 1: ADD PRONOUNS TO YOUR DUKEHUB (STUDENTS) / WORK@DUKE (FACULTY/STAFF) PROFILE

STUDENTS

Undergraduate and graduate students may select or enter their pronouns within DukeHub. Reference the Student Affairs guide on completing the first part of process.

FACULTY/STAFF

Employees may select or enter their pronouns within the Work@Duke portal. After logging in, select the My Info tab. In the My Profile section, locate and select the Select/Update my Gender Identity, Pronouns and Preferred First Name link. Select the Edit link and enter your desired pronouns in the corresponding field. Lastly select the Save button. 

STEP 2: UPDATE PRONOUN PRIVACY ACCESS (ALL USERS)

By default, Duke services and websites do NOT have access to pronouns you have added to your centralized Duke identity account. You must update your Pronoun Privacy access setting in order for your pronouns to appear on your Canvas profile. 

On the OIT Self-Service Identity Manager website, in the Pronouns section, select the Edit link. In the Pronoun Privacy section, select the ‘Provide my pronouns to any requesting Duke service, including directory.duke.edu’ option and submit your changes.
Note: If you select the ‘Experimental’ option, your pronouns will NOT be added to the pronoun field on your Canvas profile but rather will be appended to your name. 

After completing the above two-part process, it may take up to 24 hours for your pronouns to appear on your Canvas profile.