00:07: How do I use the coarse homepage as a student? 00:10: In global navigation click the courses link then click the name 00:14: of the course. 00:16: The course home page involves course navigation the content area and 00:20: the sidebar. 00:22: The course homepage is viewed from the course navigation Homelink. 00:27: Course navigation includes links that help you and your students get to specific locations 00:31: in the course instructors can customize what links are 00:35: shown in a course. So if you don't see links that may display and other courses your 00:39: instructor has hidden those links from your view. 00:42: The active link of the page you are viewing is highlighted with different color text 00:46: and a line indicator. This highlight helps you quickly identify the 00:50: feature area. You are currently viewing in canvas. 00:55: You may also see course indicators that show updates to your course grades when your instructor 00:59: grades your assignments. 01:02: To expand or collapse, of course navigation, then you click the menu icon when 01:07: you choose to expand or collapse the global navigation menu. 01:10: Your preference is applied to all of your courses. 01:14: Home page content and all Candace content is displayed in the content 01:18: area. The content can be a page the syllabus 01:22: discussions announcements quizzes or imported 01:26: content the content could also show the course activity stream, 01:30: which is a list of all recent activity in the course. 01:35: Your homepage may also display recent announcements at the top of the page. 01:39: The homepage content also defines what sections display in the sidebar 01:45: Bread crumbs appear above the course content area As 01:49: you view course content the breadcrumbs leave a trail to show where you were inside 01:53: the course, you can follow these links backward to visit prior course 01:57: content. 01:59: The sidebar functions the same as the dashboard sidebar, but only shows content 02:03: for the specific course and includes additional options. 02:07: If your course homepage displays a page other than the course activity stream, 02:11: you can view the course activity stream by clicking the sidebar view course 02:15: stream button when the homepage is set as a course activity Street. 02:19: This button will not appear. 02:22: If you have been added to a group in your course, the course group section 02:26: includes links to your course groups. 02:29: The sidebar always shows it to do section which shows all recent announcements 02:33: and up to seven assignments that are due in the upcoming weeks including ungraded 02:37: quizzes and assignments that do not require a submission each item 02:41: in the to-do list displays the assignment name the number of points and the 02:45: due date for the assignment. Once the due date has passed items 02:49: remain in this section for 4 weeks. 02:53: The sidebar can also include a variety of other sections depending 02:57: on the layout your instructor sets for the course homepage additional 03:01: sidebar options include the assignment list calendar and assignment groups 03:05: and recent feedback. 03:08: Each section item displays an icon to differentiate between assignments and 03:12: peer-review assignments. It's a section contains more items 03:16: that are listed a link will appear under the list that you can use to view additional 03:20: items. 03:22: The to do section shows up to seven items with due dates in the upcoming weeks 03:26: to view more items. 03:28: You must manually remove items from the list to remove a 03:32: to-do item. Click the remove icon. 03:35: This guy covered how to use the course home page as a student.