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	===Slide Deck===		===Slide Deck===
	* ~~Coming Soon~~		* [https://catwiki.xula.edu/images/4/4f/Homepages-and-Widgets-Fall-2026.pdf Slide Deck]

	===Importance of Course Design===		===Importance of Course Design===

Jflorent: updated page for 2026 workshop

2026-10-19T17:43:52Z

updated page for 2026 workshop

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	===Slide Deck===		===Slide Deck===
	* Coming Soon		* Coming Soon

			===Importance of Course Design===
			* [https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-course-design-and-preparation/design-smarter-teach-better-how-thoughtful-course-webpages-can-improve-online-learning/ Design Smarter, Teach Better: How Thoughtful Course Webpages Can Improve Online Learning]

	===Brightspace Homepages and Widgets===		===Brightspace Homepages and Widgets===
	* ~~Coming Soon~~		* [https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/6104-best-practices-for-creating-a-course-homepage Best Practices for Creating a Course Homepage in Brightspace]
			* [http://cat.xula.edu/food/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DesignCourseHomepageWithWidgets.pdf Design a Course Homepage with Widgets (pdf)]

	[[Category: CAT+FD]]		[[Category: CAT+FD]]
	[[Category: CAT+FD 2026-2027]]		[[Category: CAT+FD 2026-2027]]

Jflorent: updated page for 2026 workshop

2026-10-19T16:20:15Z

updated page for 2026 workshop

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	''Originally presented for [http://cat.xula.edu/ CAT+FD] on 21 October ~~2021~~ by [https://cat.xula.edu/about/staff/jflorent Janice Florent]''		''Originally presented for [http://cat.xula.edu/ CAT+FD] on 21 October 2026 by [https://cat.xula.edu/about/staff/jflorent Ms. Janice Florent] and [https://cat.xula.edu/about/staff/jtodd1 Dr. Jason S. Todd]''

	<div style="text-align: center">[[File:LEX-chalkboard-944.png\|640px]]</div>		<div style="text-align: center">[[File:LEX-chalkboard-944.png\|640px]]</div>

	The course homepage is the ~~first page students see when they enter~~ your ~~Brightspace~~ course. This first look ~~at your course will leave a lasting impression. You can customize your course by changing~~ the layout and appearance of your course homepages. You can add dynamic objects to the homepage with the use of widgets. Use the course homepage to orient the students and convey important information. This workshop, ~~the eighth in our #LEX Advanced series~~, ~~builds on the skills you learned in the [[LearnEverywhereXULA\|#LearnEverywhereXULA]] course~~ and ~~will help you to customize your course homepages to enhance the course experience for your students~~.		The course homepage is the virtual "front door" of your course. This first look sets the tone, shapes student expectations, and leaves a lasting impression.

	~~<!-- '~~'~~'[https://youtu~~.~~be/LcH3Dbit5iw Watch~~ the ~~video]'''~~ -->		Customizing your course homepage isn't just about aesthetics—it is a proven strategy to directly boost student engagement, streamline navigation, and improve retention. By strategically highlighting the most critical information students need at a glance and adding dynamic objects to the homepage, you can eliminate confusion and create a welcoming, high-impact learning environment from day one.
	~~<!-- {{#widget:YouTube\|LcH3Dbit5iw}} -->~~
	~~== Recording ==~~

	{{#~~widget:YouTube~~\|id=~~LcH3Dbit5iw}}~~		This workshop, the eighth in our #LEX Advanced series, builds on the skills you learned in the [[LearnEverywhereXULA\|#LearnEverywhereXULA]] course and will help you to customize your course homepages to enhance the course experience for your students.

			== Workshop Recording ==
			<br>
			* Coming Soon

	== Resources ==		== Resources ==

	~~<ol>~~		===Slide Deck===
	~~<li> [https://catwiki.xula.edu/images/c/cc/Customize-Your-Course-Homepage-workshop-slides.pdf Workshop Slides]</li>~~		* Coming Soon
	~~<li> [http://cat.xula.edu/food/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DesignCourseHomepageWithWidgets.pdf Design a Course Homepage with Widgets (pdf)]</li>~~
	~~<li> Widgets</li>~~		===Brightspace Homepages and Widgets===
	~~</ol>~~		* Coming Soon
	~~<ul style~~=~~"margin-left: 5.2em; list-style: lower-alpha;">~~
	~~<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-239-work-to-do-widget/ Work To Do Widget]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-212-february-continuous-delivery-updates/#quickeval Quick Eval Widget]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-257-twitter-feeds/ Place Twitter Feed in Custom Widget]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-51-engage-learners-with-activity-feed/ Activity Feed Widget]</li>~~
	~~<li> [http://cat.xula.edu/food/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/System-Widgets.pdf List of System Widgets (pdf)]</li>~~
	~~</ul>~~
	~~<ol start~~=~~"4">~~
	~~<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-7-change-the-name-of-your-course/ Change the Name of Your Course]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://youtu.be/JbQ9VG_WuMU Change Course Name, Banner Image, and/or Banner Text (video)]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-259-brightspace-editor/~~ Brightspace ~~Editor]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-260-insert-stuff/ Insert Stuff]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-164-quicklinks/ Quicklinks]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-88-you-can-personalize-brightspace/ Replace Strings]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-248-drip-feeding/ Drip-Feeding]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/find-free-images-to-use-in-your-courses/ Find Free Images to Use in Your Courses]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://elearningindustry.com/list-of-free-photo-~~and~~-image-editing-tools List Of Free Photo And Image Editing Tools]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://catwiki.xula.edu/Creative_Commons_Resources Creative Commons Wiki Resource]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-247-course-design-suggestions/ Course Design Suggestions]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-229-copy-course-or-copy-components/ Copy Course or Copy Components]</li>~~
	~~<li> [https://www.creativebloq.com/ux/how-human-eye-reads-website-111413463 How the Human Eye Reads a Website]</li>~~
	~~<li> [[LearnEverywhereXULA Advanced Certification\|#LearnEverywhereXULA Advanced Certification]]</li>~~
	~~<li> Subscribe to our blog, [https://cat.xula.edu/food/ CAT FooD (for thought)]</li>~~
	~~</ol>~~

	[[Category: CAT+FD]]		[[Category: CAT+FD]]
	[[Category: CAT+FD ~~2021~~-~~2022~~]]		[[Category: CAT+FD 2026-2027]]

Jflorent at 22:34, 22 January 2022

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	The course homepage is the first page students see when they enter your Brightspace course. This first look at your course will leave a lasting impression. You can customize your course by changing the layout and appearance of your course homepages. You can add dynamic objects to the homepage with the use of widgets. Use the course homepage to orient the students and convey important information. This workshop, the eighth in our #LEX Advanced series, builds on the skills you learned in the [[LearnEverywhereXULA\|#LearnEverywhereXULA]] course and will help you to customize your course homepages to enhance the course experience for your students.		The course homepage is the first page students see when they enter your Brightspace course. This first look at your course will leave a lasting impression. You can customize your course by changing the layout and appearance of your course homepages. You can add dynamic objects to the homepage with the use of widgets. Use the course homepage to orient the students and convey important information. This workshop, the eighth in our #LEX Advanced series, builds on the skills you learned in the [[LearnEverywhereXULA\|#LearnEverywhereXULA]] course and will help you to customize your course homepages to enhance the course experience for your students.

	'''[https://youtu.be/LcH3Dbit5iw Watch the video]'''		<!-- '''[https://youtu.be/LcH3Dbit5iw Watch the video]''' -->
			<!-- {{#widget:YouTube\|LcH3Dbit5iw}} -->
			== Recording ==

	~~<!--~~ {{#widget:YouTube\|LcH3Dbit5iw}} ~~-->~~		{{#widget:YouTube\|id=LcH3Dbit5iw}}

			== Resources ==

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Jflorent at 13:18, 24 November 2021

2021-11-24T13:18:13Z

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	<div style="text-align: center">[[File:LEX-chalkboard-944.png\|640px]]</div>		<div style="text-align: center">[[File:LEX-chalkboard-944.png\|640px]]</div>

	The course homepage is the first page students see when they enter your Brightspace course. This first look at your course will leave a lasting impression. You can customize your course by changing the layout and appearance of your course homepages. You can add dynamic objects to the homepage with the use of widgets. Use the course homepage to orient the students and convey important information. This workshop, the eighth in our #LEX ~~Advance~~ series, builds on the skills you learned in the [[LearnEverywhereXULA\|#LearnEverywhereXULA]] course and will help you to customize your course homepages to enhance the course experience for your students.		The course homepage is the first page students see when they enter your Brightspace course. This first look at your course will leave a lasting impression. You can customize your course by changing the layout and appearance of your course homepages. You can add dynamic objects to the homepage with the use of widgets. Use the course homepage to orient the students and convey important information. This workshop, the eighth in our #LEX Advanced series, builds on the skills you learned in the [[LearnEverywhereXULA\|#LearnEverywhereXULA]] course and will help you to customize your course homepages to enhance the course experience for your students.

	'''[https://youtu.be/LcH3Dbit5iw Watch the video]'''		'''[https://youtu.be/LcH3Dbit5iw Watch the video]'''

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2021-10-23T10:59:46Z

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	The course homepage is the first page students see when they enter your Brightspace course. This first look at your course will leave a lasting impression. You can customize your course by changing the layout and appearance of your course homepages. You can add dynamic objects to the homepage with the use of widgets. Use the course homepage to orient the students and convey important information. This workshop, the eighth in our #LEX Advance series, builds on the skills you learned in the [[LearnEverywhereXULA\|#LearnEverywhereXULA]] course and will help you to customize your course homepages to enhance the course experience for your students.		The course homepage is the first page students see when they enter your Brightspace course. This first look at your course will leave a lasting impression. You can customize your course by changing the layout and appearance of your course homepages. You can add dynamic objects to the homepage with the use of widgets. Use the course homepage to orient the students and convey important information. This workshop, the eighth in our #LEX Advance series, builds on the skills you learned in the [[LearnEverywhereXULA\|#LearnEverywhereXULA]] course and will help you to customize your course homepages to enhance the course experience for your students.

			'''[https://youtu.be/LcH3Dbit5iw Watch the video]'''

	{{#widget:YouTube\|LcH3Dbit5iw}}		<!-- {{#widget:YouTube\|LcH3Dbit5iw}} -->

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2021-10-22T19:37:47Z

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	~~Link to Workshop Recording (coming soon).~~		{{#widget:YouTube\|LcH3Dbit5iw}}

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Jflorent at 20:59, 20 October 2021

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	<li> Workshop Slides ~~(coming soon)~~</li>		<li> [https://catwiki.xula.edu/images/c/cc/Customize-Your-Course-Homepage-workshop-slides.pdf Workshop Slides]</li>
	<li> [http://cat.xula.edu/food/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DesignCourseHomepageWithWidgets.pdf Design a Course Homepage with Widgets (pdf)]</li>		<li> [http://cat.xula.edu/food/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DesignCourseHomepageWithWidgets.pdf Design a Course Homepage with Widgets (pdf)]</li>
	<li> Widgets</li>		<li> Widgets</li>

Jflorent at 17:16, 20 October 2021

2021-10-20T17:16:48Z

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	<li> [https://youtu.be/JbQ9VG_WuMU Change Course Name, Banner Image, and/or Banner Text (video)]</li>		<li> [https://youtu.be/JbQ9VG_WuMU Change Course Name, Banner Image, and/or Banner Text (video)]</li>
	<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-259-brightspace-editor/ Brightspace Editor]</li>		<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-259-brightspace-editor/ Brightspace Editor]</li>
			<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-260-insert-stuff/ Insert Stuff]</li>
	<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-164-quicklinks/ Quicklinks]</li>		<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-164-quicklinks/ Quicklinks]</li>
	<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-88-you-can-personalize-brightspace/ Replace Strings]</li>		<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-88-you-can-personalize-brightspace/ Replace Strings]</li>

Jflorent at 11:30, 19 October 2021

2021-10-19T11:30:45Z

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	<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-7-change-the-name-of-your-course/ Change the Name of Your Course]</li>		<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-7-change-the-name-of-your-course/ Change the Name of Your Course]</li>
	<li> [https://youtu.be/~~RwRO9GgbhLQ~~ Change Banner Image and Banner Text (video)]</li>		<li> [https://youtu.be/JbQ9VG_WuMU Change Course Name, Banner Image, and/or Banner Text (video)]</li>
	<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-259-brightspace-editor/ Brightspace Editor]</li>		<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-259-brightspace-editor/ Brightspace Editor]</li>
	<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-164-quicklinks/ Quicklinks]</li>		<li> [https://cat.xula.edu/food/brightspace-tip-164-quicklinks/ Quicklinks]</li>