As a Site Administrator or Site Manager you can view another user's profile by following these steps:
- Go to Quick-access menu > Users > Manage users (/admin/user.php).
- Search for and find the user.
- Click the user's name to view their profile.
Other users can view another user's profile by clicking on the user's name or profile picture in a course, resource, playlist, forum, etc.
The ability to view other users' profiles is controlled by the moodle/user:viewdetails and moodle/user:viewalldetails capabilities. However, in workspaces, user-generated content, or approval workflows, users will be able to see the user profile summary card and the User profile - Social block for other users, regardless of which capabilities are granted. You can optionally remove the ability to view profiles by disabling the Allow view profiles setting via Quick-access menu > Configure features > Engage settings (/admin/settings.php?section=advancedfeatures_engage). If you disable this setting, only users with the relevant capabilities will be able to view other users' profiles.
The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to Creating users in Totara. Here you can learn more on how to add users, manage their data, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.
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