Student Profile Guide

A simple guide to accessing and adding content to your student profile using the LiveWhale content management system.

How Do I Edit My Profile?

  • On the Purchase homepage, scroll all the way down to the footer.
  • In the third column, under “Other Resources,” select “Editor login.”
  • Log in using your Purchase credentials.
  • In the editor, pay attention to the following fields:
    • Add/change image
    • Description
    • Related content (for files and/or links)
    • Contact info (for email and/or phone)
    • Do not fill out the class year or program fields
  • Once finished, click “Save and Go To Profile” to review your work.

What Kind of Content Can I Add?

First, take a look at this example profile. It should give you an idea of the type of content you can add, including:

  • Your bio/introductory text;
  • Your videos from YouTube and/or Vimeo;
  • Your own photo(s) in a gallery (in addition to your headshot);
  • Your email address and/or phone number; and
  • Links to your website and/or résumé.

Accessibility

You are responsible for making sure your content is ADA-compliant.

Files

  • If you choose to upload a PDF of your résumé, you must confirm that the source Word document is accessible using Microsoft’s built-in accessibility checker.
  • If the accessibility checker shows errors and/or warnings, you must correct them before uploading files to your profile.

Images

  • All images you upload must have captions.

Videos

  • Any video you embed or link to from YouTube/Vimeo must have closed captioning available.

Links to Websites

  • If you choose to link to an outside website, you should confirm that website has no accessibility errors using the Wave tool.

Permissions/Copyright

  • Only upload any files or images which you have permission to use.