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Creating custom widgets

Custom widgets allow you to expand the functionality of available content in your homepages to suit your specific organizational and/or course needs. You can add custom HTML code to create a wide range of widgets. As an Instructor, you can create custom widgets for your courses, or use custom widgets shared from the organization level to your course offerings. You can customize the appearance using properties available only for custom widgets (i.e., widget padding, transparent backgrounds, and more).

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Creating your course homepage

All courses are initially set up with a default course homepage by your system administration. Use the Homepage Management tool to create a new homepage and set it as the active homepage for your course. You can then add or remove widgets, customize their appearance, and create custom widgets to expand the functionality of your course homepage.

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Homepages and Widgets

The homepage is the first page you see when you view the organization's My Home page or enter a course. The typical default homepage is widget-based. Widgets are sections of content that provide information and links to tools, courses, and personal settings. Organization and course homepages can point to Learning Environment tools, such as News or Content, or an external URL.

Widgets are the building blocks of homepages. You can create, edit, delete, customize, and preview the widgets in your organization.

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Creating glossary terms

  1. On the Glossary page, click New Term.
  2. Enter the Term name.
  3. Enter the term Definition.
  4. You can use the Spell Check and Preview options in the HTML Editor to check and preview your term.
  5. If you want to link the glossary term to a content topic, select the topic from the Link to Content Topic drop-down list.

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Glossary

The Glossary tool allows you to store terms and their definitions. Each course has its own glossary and you can populate this with explanations of concepts and terms that are relevant to the course. Users can then access this glossary and search for particular terms.

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Creating an FAQ category

  1. On the Manage FAQ page, click New Category.
  2. Enter a Name for the category. For example, the category “Assignment Submission Policies” might contain FAQs about how to submit course work and late submission policies.

    Tip A general and informative category name enables users to easily understand the topic and questions the category might contain.

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