{"id":5540,"date":"2022-03-23T11:02:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T15:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/?page_id=5540"},"modified":"2023-09-08T13:22:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:22:12","slug":"customizing-your-homepage-and-widgets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/customizing-your-homepage-and-widgets\/","title":{"rendered":"Customizing Your Homepage and Widgets"},"content":{"rendered":"

In D2L Brightspace, your course homepage is the first page students see when they select your course. By default, your course homepage layout is widget-based with the Visual Table of Contents and Announcements widgets automatically enabled. Widgets are blocks of content on the homepage that provide important course information to students, such as links to course tools or contact information. You have the option to customize the content displayed on your course homepage by adding, deleting, or editing widgets, as well as changing your course banner image<\/a>.
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Homepage Layout<\/h2>\n

All courses are initially set up with a default course homepage<\/span>. By default, your course homepage is widget-based with the Visual Table of Contents and Announcements widgets automatically enabled. To customize your homepage, you can either create a new homepage for your course and set it as the active homepage, or you can edit the default homepage by creating a homepage copy.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are three types of course homepages available in Brightspace:<\/p>\n