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Help: Course Home Page
The course home page shows a series of tools : an introduction text, a course description, a Documents manager etc. This page is modular : you can hide / show any tool in one clic. Hidden tools can be reactivated at any time.
Navigation
To browse your course, you have 2 navigation tools. One on top left is a tree showing where you are and how deep you are in the course. On top right, you can access to a tool through its icon in one clic. Whether you select your course code on left (always UPPER CASE) or the house icon on the right, you will reach the home page of your course.
Best practice
To motivate your students, it is important that your course area is a dynamic area. This will indicate that there is 'somebody behind the screen'. A quick way to give this feeling is to edit the Introduction text (clic on yellow pencil) at least evey week to tell latest news, forthcoming deadlines and so on.
To build your course, it might proove relevant to follow these steps:
- . In Course Settings, check Course Acces : Private and Subscription : Denied. This way, nobody can enter your course area during building process,
- . Show all the tools clicking on the grey link below the ones situated at the bottom of the page,
- . Use the tools you need to 'fill' your area with content, events, guidelines, tests etc.,
- . Hide all tools : your home page is empty in Student view,
- . Use the Path tool to structure the way students will visit it and learn with it. This way, you use the other tools, but you don't show them at first sight.
- . Click on the eye icon besides the path you created : this path will then show on your home page,
- . The preparation of your course area is over. Your home page shows an introdution text followed by one link only and this link drives students through the course. Clic on Student view (top right) to see things from a student point of view.
