Objective:

To evaluate your Home page options, select a Home page option that works for you, and apply your Home page selection to your practice course. You will use these skills to decide how to welcome students to your course.

Directions:

Before you can complete this assignment, you will need to review the Home page options in Canvas, select the option that best suits your needs, and change the Home page in your practice course. For this discussion, tell us about your Home page selection!

Part 1

Go to your practice course.
Review the Home page options and change your Home page to the layout you prefer most. Your choices are:

Course Activity Stream
Pages Front Page
Course Modules
Assignments List
Syllabus
Any of the above options + Course Announcements

Capture a screenshot of the Home page layout you selected for your practice course.
Embed the screenshot of your Home page selection in your posting or attach a screenshot of your Home page selection to your posting.

Part 2

In your posting, please include a thorough and specific explanation of the following:

Which Home page option did you choose and why? What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of this option?
If you had to choose a different Home page option what would it or wouldn't it be? What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of this option?

Part 3

Reply to at least one other participant and thoughtfully comment on their Home page selection.
In your reply, please be sure to respect any preferred names or personal pronouns identified by your classmates.

Submission Directions:

Please see the assignment rubric for specific assignment criteria.
To receive credit for this assignment, all parts of the discussion prompt must be completed.
To begin typing your post, click on Reply beneath these directions and type into the Reply message field. To post your response, click on the Post Response button.
To reply to a classmate, click on the Reply link right beneath their message, type your reply, and click on the Post Response button to post it. To receive full credit for completing the assignment, your reply to a classmate must be posted separately.

Help Links:

Course Home Page Customization (Video - Instructors)
What layout options are available in the Course Home Page as an instructor?
How do I show recent announcements in the Course Home Page?
How do I reply to a Discussion?
How do I upload and embed an image in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
How do I attach a file to a Discussion reply as a student?
How do I subscribe to a Discussion?
How do I view the rubric for my graded discussion?

NOTE: Normally this content would be housed within a discussion. However, in a publicly viewable course, discussions are disabled.