Customizing your course page

Let's return to your course's home page, which is not the same as your front page or portal. Instead, we're focusing on developing the course itself.

Are there a few items that we need to include that we were not able to customize when we edited the course page? This section discusses a few items you may wish to include.

 

The Calendar block

Including a calendar which demarcates course events can help your students stay on track. To add a calendar, you will first add a Calendar block as shown in the following steps:

1. Click on the Turn editing on button.
2. In the Add a block menu, click on the Add... option.
3. Click on Calendar in the drop-down menu. A Calendar block will appear on the course page.
4. Click on the Actions icon in the Calendar block and select Configure Calendar block to configure the options you wish to have displayed:

5. Click on the Save changes button.

To add events, just click on the month of the event in the Calendar block, and then click on New event. The new...