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Customizing Your Course Site

Adding the Course MenuImage of Course Menu

The Course Menu appears on the left side of a course web site. Content and tools are accessed from the Course Menu but managing content and tools is done through the Course Control Panel.

  1. Within a course site, click Control Panel
  2. Click Manage Course Menu in the Course Options area
  3. In the Add area (top action bar), do any of the following:
  4. To add a new content area menu item click Content Area
  5. To add a new tool link menu item click Tool Link
  6. To add a course link menu item click Course Link
  7. To add an external link menu item click External Link
  8. To reorder the items in the Course Menu, click the arrow on the number box to the left of the menu item and select the order number
  9. To modify/remove existing menu items, click the appropriate Modify or Remove button to the right of the menu item

Customizing the Course Menu and Banner

  1. Within a course site, click Control Panel
  2. Click Course Design in the Course Options area
  3. On the Course Design page, choose any design selections
  4. Optional: To create a menu style for the course menu, click Course Menu
    Design
  5. Select desired options
  6. Click Submit
  7. Click OK to return to the Course Design page and continue other selections
  8. Optional: To add a banner graphic to the opening course page, click Course
    Banner
  9. Click Browse
  10. Locate and double-click the file
  11. Click Submit
  12. Click OK
  13. Click OK to return to the Control Panel page

Note: Any banner size will work, but it is best to keep the size down so it would not take up so much space. Best to edit in Photoshop or similar software before uploading the banner to the opening course page. Suggested maximum size: 800 (width) X 145 (height) pixels.

Using Quick Edit

The Quick Edit feature allows instructors to make changes to course content while in the student course view without having to go through the Control Panel.Image of Edit View

  1. From the student course view, click any of the navigation items/buttons in the Course Menu
  2. Click Edit View (top right corner) and make changes
  3. When done, click Display View (top right corner) to see new changes