00:07: How do I use the course homepage as an observer?

00:10: In global navigation, click the courses link, then click the name

00:14: of the course.

00:16: The course, homepage involves course, navigation, the content area and

00:20: the sidebar.

00:23: The course, homepage is viewed from the course navigation, Homelink.

00:27: Course, navigation includes links that help you in your students, get to specific locations

00:31: in the course. Teachers can customize, what links are shown in a

00:35: course. So if you don't see links that may display in other courses, your students

00:40: teacher has hidden those links from your view.

00:42: The active link of the page. You are viewing is highlighted with different color, text and

00:47: align indicator. This highlight helps you quickly identify the feature

00:51: area. You are currently viewing in canvas.

00:55: To expand or collapse, the course navigation, menu, click the menu icon.

01:00: When you choose to expand or collapse, the global navigation menu, your

01:04: preference is applied to all of your courses.

01:07: Homepage content and all canvas content is displayed in the content

01:11: area. The homepage content also defines what sections

01:15: display in the sidebar.

01:18: The content can be a page, the syllabus discussions announcements

01:23: quizzes or imported content.

01:27: The content can also show the course activity stream, which is a list of all recent

01:31: activity in the course. Your students homepage may also display

01:35: recent announcements at the top of the page.

01:39: Breadcrumbs appear above the course content area.

01:42: As you view course, content. The breadcrumbs leave a trail to show where you are

01:46: inside the course. You can follow these links backward to visit prior

01:50: course content.

01:53: The sidebar functions the same as the dashboard sidebar but only shows content

01:57: for the specific course and includes additional options.

02:01: If your course, homepage displays a page other than the course activity stream, you

02:05: can view the students course activity stream by clicking, the sidebar, view course,

02:10: stream button, When the homepage is set as the course activity stream,

02:14: this button will not appear.

02:17: The sidebar shows the coming up section which shows all your students recent

02:21: announcements and up to seven assignments that are due in the upcoming weeks, including

02:25: ungraded, quizzes and assignments, that do not require a submission.

02:29: Each item in the coming up, list displays the assignment name, the number of

02:33: points, and the due date for the assignment.

02:36: Once the due date has passed items remain, in this section for four weeks,

02:42: This guide covered how to use the course, homepage as an observer.