3. You will be taken to an Edit Widget page where you can edit the widget and it defaults in the Properties tab. Select the Name field below the Properties tab. You can delete the name or add stuff to it. For example, "Your Instructor Jessica Richardson."
![Screenshot of the Edit Widget page showing to navigate to the properties tab and then, navigating to the Name field.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/070/261/original/99f3100b-df48-43a8-8977-3f200348254a.png)
![Screenshot showing to add your name next to the Your Instructor within the textbox such as "Your Instructor Jessica Richardson](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/191/800/original/6bb9768f-6420-4e0a-9047-590553352ecc.png)
5. Go to the Content tab and this will take you to the Content field where you will do most of the editing on this widget.
You can expand the content box by selecting the three lines on the bottom right-hand side of the box, hold and pull this down and this will give you more space to work in.
![Screenshot showing how to access the content tab which is the third tab from the left next to Release Conditions. Then navigate to the contents field below the widget content.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/599/661/original/b0153976-6c22-4ae8-b996-496490354872.png)
6. Remove the grayed out picture placeholder by selecting it and hit backspace to delete so you can insert a picture of yourself in that area.
In the new Insert Stuff screen, select Choose File and find the folder where the image file is located within your computer. After doing so, select Choose Destination to choose a location to store your image within the course content.
Before uploading/embedding the image, name the image file (e.g. First Last Instructor Photo) for an easier access in the future.
![Screenshot of Insert Stuff screen showing the Choose File option on the leftmost side of the screen and the Choose Destination on the rightmost side of the screen](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/696/775/original/c244ebe4-cecd-45bd-be92-fb07a3fabebe.png)
A different screen will appear, select a path where you want to store the folder for your image such as in the course folder. To add a folder under the course folder, select New Folder.
![Screenshot of Choose Destination screen showing the course folder and the New Folder option before the course folder.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/696/759/original/b6c6fa09-d0fa-432b-aeee-a3681a4e3813.png)
Create a folder titled Image and select create.
![Screenshot of New Folder screen showing how to create a folder and add the folder name](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/696/777/original/8cd76a46-56b2-421b-98d4-9bcab907f0dc.png)
The folder will then be saved in the course folder then select Select a Path at the bottom to add the file destination.
![Screenshot showing to select the Select a Path option.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/696/763/original/d371cd58-8110-4483-90e2-59bbb081d97e.png)
When done, select Upload.
![Screenshot showing the file destination where the image is stored and to select upload button.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/696/765/original/4e8f3e08-0786-4a26-b785-d08202ea2ae2.png)
8. After selecting Upload, it will bring you to a screen where you're going to add some link text and alternate text to the picture then select Insert to insert the image in the content box.
Please note that the alternate text is really important because this is what a student's screen reader is going to read to them.
![Screenshot of adding a link text in the name field and an alternate text in another name field under the link text. Then to select the Insert button when done.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/696/767/original/1df60445-c12b-4d65-9b0c-2fb342fed15a.png)
9. After doing so, the picture will then be added to the content box.
If the image appears too large for you, you can resize it to fit inline with the text by selecting one of those blue squares that appear at each of the corners of the picture.
![Screenshot showing how to adjust the size of the picture by selecting the blue squares that appear at the corners of the picture.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/757/830/original/f3f29350-d742-448d-9d04-e6b0e8d585f5.png)
10. And underneath that picture, it says Your Instructor with these three pound signs as a placeholder, replace that placeholder with your name.
Then, replace the placeholder under email with your email address. And to the right of that is a statement about email messages and discussion postings, you can modify that depending on your course.
Under Office Hours, you can set it to By Appointment for online teaching or adding regular office hours that students can depend on for face-to-face class.
{FirstName}! is a replace string and D2L is going to automatically populate the student's first name here.
![Screenshot showing of](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/757/832/original/a9158508-a1d7-49af-9a87-9918ea032a4c.png)
You can also enter a link to meet with students either via Google Meet or Zoom by highlighting the text and select little chain link, and then add in the link right here.
Here is an example:
![Screenshot of the content box with one arrow pointing to the highlighted time and another arrow pointing to the chain link for adding link to a text](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/783/943/original/c0d01d11-415a-4d78-a23e-ed5441bedf99.png)
![Screenshot of content box with arrows pointing to the textbox for the link with a text annotation taht says "Add the link here" and another arrow pointing to the Create button with a text annotation that says "Then select create"](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/757/836/original/6c4485f0-4af6-4d75-9ca4-1c560226fca5.png)
11. Lastly, select Save and Close to save all the changes made and it will take you out of the editing part of the widget. Then navigate to the course homepage to check if the changes you made has been added to the Your Instructor widget.
![Screenshot of the content box with an arrow pointing to the Save and Close button and a text annotation that says "Save changes"](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/757/838/original/59d94e03-699d-4fd4-8a02-b760b5901350.png)
![Screenshot of the course homepage with an image on the Your Instructor Widget](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/757/840/original/e5b0a923-bc45-4d80-bea5-dde237ad1ce0.png)
![Screenshot of the Your Instructor widget with instructor name and other important details to contact instructor](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/757/842/original/eeca763a-3e3d-4b5e-92d2-187a83233062.png)
For instructions to copy the Your Instructor Widget from a previous course, click here.
You are done. Great job!
STEVEM TRAVELBEE
When I add the instructor widget to my course home page and select "Edit this widget" from the drop-down menu I get a "Not Authorized" error.
Kristina Kuykendall
Hi Steven! Thanks for letting us know. Normally when this happens it is because you haven't created a copy of your instructor widget. Please follow the steps provided in this article on how to copy the widget to edit: https://pimacc.screenstepslive.com/a/1621034-copying-the-your-instructor-widget