Change the first or last name for a user account

The Learning Management System is populated with user data from Banner. Sometimes Banner delivers the wrong data, or a user wants a name change in Desire2Learn. Enter a user’s S-number and the screen will display their current first and last names. Once the page loads with the data, you may enter the new name(s) and click Submit Query to process the change (will flow to D2L with the next hourly user update).

This form updates the display name in discussions, classlist and other assignments but will not change the instructor display name in a course title. (See Learning Context Tool>Update Start/End Dates, Course Title and Instructor’s Name in a D2L Course Title to change the display of a name in a course title)

This is not a permanent change to Banner Information for staff, faculty or students. This is only a cosmetic change in the LMS.

View changes to the first or last name of a user account

This screen will show updates have been processed and when those changes were requested.

Deleting an entry here will NOT automatically return the name to its prior value. The name currently set in Desire2Learn will remain until the user next changes their name in Banner. If you want to reset the name to the current name shown in Banner, use the Change the first or last name of a user account form to set the user account to that name and then delete both the inaccurate/old entry and the new/correct entry to allow future changes from Banner through.