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Modifying the Course Homepage

1.  From the course homepage, click the icon located in the bottom right of the screen below the widgets. 

2.  Click Manage Homepages.

3.  Click the down arrow to the right of Daylight Course Default, and choose Copy.

4.  Click the title "Daylight Course Default - Copy" to begin editing the newly copied homepage.  

NOTE:  If you've already copied a homepage and made edits then you would click the homepage that you'd want to edit instead.  Any homepage not clickable is set by ID and must be Copied before you can edit it.

5.  Modify any of the various elements of the Homepage that you want.

  • NAME:  Here you can rename the new course homepage.

  • DESCRIPTION:  Here you can provide a description of the homepage you're going to modify.  This is optional.

  • TYPE:  Change the type of homepage you'd like.  Widget-based is the most common and you'll most likely want to keep it as is.

  • HEADER:  You can modify the header of the course here but we recommend that you leave it as is.

  • LAYOUT:  This controls the area where the widgets can go.  Clicking here will allow you to choose from various templates to change this area.

  • REMOVE/MOVE WIDGETS:  You can drag and drop each widget around in the area available or click the "X" when hovering over a widget to remove it.

  • ADD WIDGET:  Click either of these buttons to add a widget in the column above.

6.  Once you're finished, click Save and Close

7.  Finally, to set your new custom homepage you need to click the down arrow under "Active Homepage".

8.  Choose the desired homepage from the dropdown list.

9.  Click Apply.

 

Modifying the Course Navbar

1.  From the course homepage, Click Course Admin located in the Course Navbar.

2.  Click Navigation & Themes, which is located under the Site Setup category.

3.  Click the down arrow to the right of "Default Course Navbar" and choose Copy.

4.  You should now see "Default Course Navbar - Copy" located in the list.  This copy can be modified by clicking on the title.

5.  You should now be on the "Edit Navbar" page.  Click in the Name field to change the name of the navbar if you'd like.  You can add links by clicking Add Links and remove links by hovering your mouse over one of the links and clicking the X.

6.  When you add a link, you will be given a list of available links to add.  You can select these by clicking on the checkbox to the left of the link title.  You can also search for a given link in the search field.  Click Add when you have selected the links you want.

7.  The link(s) should now appear at the end of the navbar.  You can move these links to different positions by clicking and holding the link while dragging it to another position on the navbar.

8.  Once you're happy with the links and their positions, click Save and Close

9.  In order for the new navbar to appear, you must make it active.  Click the navbar located in the box under Active Navbar.

10.  Choose the navbar you just created from the list of available navbars.

11.  Click Apply and you're navbar should now reflect the changes you made.