Students: How to update your lived name with Extended Studies
Updates to lived names and personal pro-nouns are done in MyExtension, those changes will flow into Canvas within during the next Canvas data refresh occurring every hour from 7:30am - 8:30pm PST.
Log into https://myextension.ucsd.edu/
Click on the Account tab
You should see a lived name and pronoun line, click the Change button on this line.
Make updates to your lived name, personal pronoun or both and click Update Lived Name button.
*For Pronouns you have the option to choose from a list or type in your own.
These changes will flow into Canvas during the next data refresh which occur multiple times a day.
If your course uses a third party tool that requires you to have an account such as Pearson or Hands-on-Lab you may need to contact their support to update your name. If you do not see the name change on the third party system please reach out to their support. A list of integrated third party tools and their support contact can be found here: Third Party Tools and Canvas Integrations at UC Extended Studies.
If you run into any issues updating your name with a third party please reach out to Online Learning so we can assist: Submit a Help Ticket.
Instructors: how to update your lived name
Instructors can update their lived name in UC Path using these directions: Add a Lived Name to UC Path.
After you have updated your UC Path account please let your Program Manager know so they can update your records within the systems that flow into Canvas and Instructorlink.
If you have any questions about UC Path or updating your name please reach out to your Program Manager.