Updating Your Preferred Name (Display Name in Canvas)

Do you have a preferred name that is different from your legal name?

For more information and directions on how to request a preferred name change, please visit https://www.bucks.edu/resources/preferred-first-name/ Links to an external site.  

Once the request is processed through the Registrar's Office, Bucks Online will change the Display name in Canvas (sample below).

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Please note:

  • your preferred name (called Display Name in Canvas) is viewable in Canvas Discussions, Inbox messages, and Comments.  
  • your full/legal name is viewable in the People Tool (which may or may not be available to students, as instructors decide on its availability in each class) and is also what the instructor sees in Grades.

To avoid confusion, you may want to inform your instructor(s) of this change.