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.