openedx · jswope00 · Feb 8, 2026 · Feb 8, 2026
diff --git a/source/_images/learners/SFD_Profile_Full.png b/source/_images/learners/SFD_Profile_Full.png
diff --git a/source/_images/learners/SFD_Profile_UploadImage.png b/source/_images/learners/SFD_Profile_UploadImage.png
diff --git a/source/_images/learners/course_emails_modal.png b/source/_images/learners/course_emails_modal.png
diff --git a/source/_images/learners/course_settings.png b/source/_images/learners/course_settings.png
diff --git a/source/_images/learners/dashboard_menu.png b/source/_images/learners/dashboard_menu.png
diff --git a/source/_images/learners/profile_privacy_toggle.png b/source/_images/learners/profile_privacy_toggle.png
diff --git a/source/_images/learners/social_share_menu.png b/source/_images/learners/social_share_menu.png
diff --git a/source/developers/references/internal_data_formats/data_references/sql_schema.rst b/source/developers/references/internal_data_formats/data_references/sql_schema.rst
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ Columns in the ``student_languageproficiency`` Table
 The ``student_languageproficiency`` table stores information about learners'
 self-reported language preferences. Learners have the option to indicate a
 preferred language on their dashboards. Learners can select only one
-value. For more information, see :ref:`SFD Profile Page`.
+value. For more information, see :ref:`Update your Profile Details`.
 
 **History**: Added 22 Apr 2015.
 

diff --git a/source/learners/SFD_dashboard_profile_SectionHead.rst b/source/learners/SFD_dashboard_profile_SectionHead.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ menu options.
   programs that you have enrolled in, and to information such as course start
   and end dates, certificates, and email settings.
 
-* :ref:`Profile <SFD Profile Page>` gives you the option to provide personal
+* :ref:`Profile <Update Your Profile Details>` gives you the option to provide personal
   information about yourself that other course participants can see, such as an
   image and biographical information.
 
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ menu options.
 
 .. _SFD Learner Dashboard:
 
-******************************************
+********************************************
 Accessing Your Courses from the Dashboard
-******************************************
+********************************************
 
 Your dashboard lists all of the courses that you are enrolled in. When you
 create an account or enroll in a course, you automatically go to your
@@ -47,229 +47,60 @@ Change Course Information`.
 
 .. _Social Sharing:
 
-======================================
-Sharing Your Courses on Social Media
-======================================
+********************************************
+Share Your Courses on Social Media
+********************************************
 
-On your dashboard, you can share the courses you are enrolled in on social
-media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
+.. include:: ../learners/how-tos/share_courses_social_media.rst
+  :start-after: .. START SHARE YOUR COURSES ON SOCIAL MEDIA
+  :end-before: .. END SHARE YOUR COURSES ON SOCIAL MEDIA
 
-This feature is available only if it has been enabled by your course provider.
+.. _Update Your Profile Image:
 
-#. Sign in to the social media site on which you want to share your course
-   enrollment.
+********************************************
+Update Your Profile Image
+********************************************
 
-#. From your dashboard, find the course that you want to share.
+.. include:: ../learners/how-tos/add_update_limited_profile.rst
+  :start-after: .. START UPDATE YOUR PROFILE IMAGE
+  :end-before: .. END UPDATE YOUR PROFILE IMAGE
 
-#. Click or tap the menu button (triple dot icon) at the top of the course
-   card. In the dropdown select the "Share to (social media site)" item for the
-   social media site of your choice (e.g. Twitter, Facebook). This will open a
-   pop up which will allow you to share info about the course to social media.
+.. _Update Your Profile Details:
 
-#. Optionally, modify the text of the social media message.
-
-#. Select the appropriate button to publish your message on the social media
-   site.
-
-.. _SFD Profile Page:
-
-***************************
-Adding Profile Information
-***************************
-
-Your personal profile allows you to optionally share information about yourself
-with other participants in the courses that you take. If you choose to add
-profile information, course teams and other learners in your courses can view
-the information that you share.
-
-You can share either a limited profile or a full profile.
-
-  .. note:: If you are under 13 years of age, your limited profile only
-     includes your username. You cannot add a profile picture.
-
-* A limited profile shares only your username. You can also add a profile
-  picture, if you are over 13 years of age.
-
-  .. image:: /_images/learners/SFD_Profile_Limited.png
-    :width: 500
-    :alt: A learner's limited profile showing only username and image.
-
-* A full profile includes the following details.
-
-  * Your full name
-  * Your username
-  * Your profile image (optional)
-  * The date that you joined the site
-  * Your language (optional)
-  * Your location (optional)
-  * Information about you (optional)
-  * Links to any course certificates that you have earned
-  * Links to your social media accounts (optional)
-
-  .. image:: /_images/learners/SFD_Profile_Full.png
-    :width: 500
-    :alt: A learner's full profile shows full name, join date, location,
-     language, biographical information, links to course certificates, and
-     linked social media icons, in addition to username and profile image.
-
-
-.. _Create or Edit a Limited Profile:
-
-================================
-Add or Update a Limited Profile
-================================
-
-A limited profile includes only your username and, optionally, an image.
-
-.. note:: If you are under 13 years of age, your limited profile only includes
-   your username. You cannot add a profile picture.
-
-To add or update a limited profile, follow these steps.
-
-
-#. At the top of any page, select **Dashboard** from the dropdown menu icon next
-   to your username, then select the **Profile** tab.
-
-#. In the header area of your profile page, for **Profile Visibility**, select
-   **Limited Profile**.
-
-#. (optional) Add an image that you want to associate with your username.
-   Your image must be a .gif, .jpg, or .png file. The image must be between
-   100 bytes and 1 MB in size. If you do not add an image, the placeholder
-   image appears as your profile image.
-
-   #. Move your cursor over the placeholder image, and click **Upload an
-      image**.
-
-      .. image:: /_images/learners/SFD_Profile_UploadImage.png
-       :width: 250
-       :alt: A profile with the image upload area selected.
-
-   #. In the file navigation window, select the image file that you want to
-      use as your profile image, and then click **Open**.
-
-   To change or remove your profile image, move your cursor over your image,
-   and then select either **Change image** or **Remove**. When you remove your
-   profile image, the placeholder image appears as your profile image.
-
-The site saves your changes automatically.
-
-
-================================
-Add or Update a Full Profile
-================================
-
-.. note:: You must specify your year of birth on the **Account Settings** page
-   before you can share a full profile. If you are under 13 years of age, you
-   can share only a :ref:`limited profile <Create or Edit a Limited Profile>`.
-
-If you create a full profile, you share the following information in
-addition to your username and profile image.
-
-* Your full name.
-
-* Your location.
-
-* Your language.
-
-* A paragraph about yourself. You might include your interests, goals, or
-  other information that you want to share. This paragraph can contain up to
-  300 characters.
-
-* Links to your personal social media accounts.
-
-To add or update your profile, follow these steps.
-
-#. At the top of any page, select **Dashboard** from the dropdown menu icon next
-   to your username, then select the **Profile** tab.
-
-#. In the header area of your profile page, for **Profile Visibility**, select
-   **Full Profile**.
-
-#. (optional) Add a profile image.
-
-   Your image must be a .gif, .jpg, or .png file that is less than 1 MB in
-   size. If you do not add an image, the placeholder image appears as your
-   profile image.
-
-   #. Move your cursor over the placeholder image, and click **Upload an
-      image**.
-
-   #. In the file navigation window, select the image file that you want to
-      use as your profile image, and then click **Open**.
-
-   To change or remove your profile image, move your cursor over your image,
-   and then select either **Change image** or **Remove**. When you remove your
-   profile image, the placeholder image appears as your profile image.
-
-#. On your profile page, move your cursor over the information that you want
-   to change.
-
-#. Click inside the field to choose an option from the list, or enter text.
-
-The site saves your changes automatically.
-
-.. note:: If you change your profile type from **Full Profile** to **Limited
-   Profile**, your full name, location, language, and descriptive paragraph
-   are no longer visible on your profile page. However, this information is
-   saved, and becomes visible again to other learners and course teams if you
-   change your profile back to **Full Profile**.
+********************************************
+Update Your Profile Details
+********************************************
 
+.. include:: ../learners/how-tos/add_update_full_profile.rst
+  :start-after: .. START UPDATE YOUR PROFILE DETAILS
+  :end-before: .. END UPDATE YOUR PROFILE DETAILS
 
 .. _Add Profile Links to Social Media Accounts:
 
-=================================================
+******************************************************
 Add Links to Your Personal Social Media Accounts
-=================================================
-
-If you select the **Full Profile** option, you can add social media icons on
-your profile that link to your personal Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn account
-pages.
-
-To add links to your social media accounts to your profile, follow these steps.
-
-#. At the top of any page, select **Account** from the dropdown menu icon next
-   to your username.
+******************************************************
 
-#. On the **Account Settings** page, under **Social Media Links**, enter
-   either your username or the URL to the profile page for each social media
-   account that you want to add to your profile.
+.. include:: ../learners/how-tos/add_links_to_social_media_accounts.rst
+  :start-after: .. START ADD LINKS TO YOUR PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
+  :end-before: .. END ADD LINKS TO YOUR PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
 
-   For example, if your Facebook username is ``edx``, you can enter either
-   ``edx`` or ``https://www.facebook.com/edx``.
+******************************************************
+Toggle Profile Information Visibility
+******************************************************
 
-   For LinkedIn, note that your username might include numbers. For example,
-   if the URL of your LinkedIn profile page is ``https://www.linkedin.com/in
-   /firstname-lastname-123456/``, your LinkedIn username is ``firstname-
-   lastname-123456``.
+.. include:: ../learners/how-tos/toggle_profile_information_visibility.rst
+  :start-after: .. START TOGGLE PROFILE INFORMATION VISIBILITY
+  :end-before: .. END TOGGLE PROFILE INFORMATION VISIBILITY
 
-The site saves your changes when you click outside the text field.
 
-When you view your profile, icons for the social media icons that you added
-links for appear below your username. Other learners or course team members
-can click those icons to visit your social media account page.
-
-  .. image:: /_images/learners/SFD_Profile_Full_SocialMediaIcons.png
-    :width: 500
-    :alt: A learner's full profile, with social media icons circled.
-
-
-================================
+********************************************
 View Another Learner's Profile
-================================
-
-You can view other learners' profiles through their posts, responses, or
-comments in course discussions.
+********************************************
 
-#. On the **Discussion** page, select the username of any learner in a post, a
-   response, or a comment.
-
-   A page that displays the discussion activity only for the selected learner
-   opens.
-
-#. On the learner's **Discussion** page, select their linked username.
-
-The learner's account profile page opens.
+.. include:: ../learners/how-tos/view_another_learners_profile.rst
+  :start-after: .. START VIEW ANOTHER LEARNER'S PROFILE
+  :end-before: .. END VIEW ANOTHER LEARNER'S PROFILE
 
 
 
@@ -279,35 +110,9 @@ The learner's account profile page opens.
 Updating Course-Specific Settings
 *********************************
 
-From the dashboard, access the courses that you are enrolled in and change
-course-specific settings. You can also unenroll from a course from the dashboard.
-
-.. _Change a Course Email Preference:
-
-=================================
-Change a Course Email Preference
-=================================
-
-To subscribe or unsubscribe to emails from a course, follow these steps.
-
-#. On your dashboard, locate the course.
-
-#. Select the course settings icon. The course settings icon resembles a gear
-   and appears next to **View Course** or **View Archived Course**.
-
-   .. image:: /_images/learners/LearnDash_GearIcon.png
-     :width: 200
-     :alt: The course settings icon next to the View Course button on the
-           learner dashboard.
-
-#. Select **Email Settings**.
-
-#. Select or clear the **Receive course emails** check box, and then select
-   **Save Settings**.
-
-   .. note:: If you clear this check box, you will not receive any of the
-        email messages that course teams send to communicate with enrolled
-        learners in the course.
+.. include:: ../learners/how-tos/update_course_specific_settings.rst
+  :start-after: .. START UPDATE COURSE-SPECIFIC SETTINGS
+  :end-before: .. END UPDATE COURSE-SPECIFIC SETTINGS
 
 
 
@@ -317,5 +122,5 @@ To subscribe or unsubscribe to emails from a course, follow these steps.
 +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
 | Review Date  | Working Group Reviewer        |   Release      |Test situation                  |
 +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
-|              |                               |                |                                |
+| 2026-02-08   | John Swope(curricu.me)        | Ulmo           | Pass                           |
 +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
diff --git a/source/learners/SFD_introduction.rst b/source/learners/SFD_introduction.rst
@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@ these options for getting an answer.
 +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
 | Review Date  | Working Group Reviewer        |   Release      |Test situation                  |
 +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
-|              |                               |                |                                |
+| 2026-02-08   | John Swope(curricu.me)        |   Ulmo         | Pass                           |
 +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
diff --git a/source/learners/concepts/open_edx_platform/what_is_profile_page.rst b/source/learners/concepts/open_edx_platform/what_is_profile_page.rst
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ You can share either a limited profile or a full profile.
 .. seealso::
 
 
- :ref:`Add or Update a Limited Profile` (how-to)
+ :ref:`Update Your Profile Image` (how-to)
 
- :ref:`Add or Update a Full Profile` (how-to)
+ :ref:`Update your Profile Details` (how-to)
 
  :ref:`Add Links to Your Personal Social Media Accounts` (how-to)