The Course Menu [migrated]

The course menu has controls for setting up and managing the course structure.

Course Menu Layout

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Expand-collapse menu: The course title is visible in the course menu. An arrow icon to the left of the name is available for expanding and collapsing the menu; an arrow icon to the right of the name takes you to the course entry page.
2. “Add” functionality: Click the “plus sign” at the top left of the course menu to add content areas, pages, links, and tools.
3. View Options: The icons at the top of the course menu provide alternate views (list, folder, launch in separate window, refresh menu, and reorder function).
4. Edit, delete, hide-show: Click the downarrow icon at the right of each menu item to reveal a submenu with functions to edit the label, hide the link, or delete the menu item.
   

   Note that if you delete the item, you delete the area the item refers to.

5. Collapse left frame: Click the “left arrow” icon between the course menu and the content frame to collapse the left frame (the course navigation and Control Panel area).
6. Menu item indicators: The course menu has a number of icons to indicated when something is not visible or has no content associated with it. A double-headed arrow is positioned next to each item for rearranging content and a down-arrow icon to the right of each item for accessing label editing, deleting, and hiding functions.

Default Course Menu

Default Menu for a New Course

When a new course is requested by an instructor, a few menu items are provided by default — Announcements, Syllabus, and Course Content. The course entry point is set to the “Announcements” page which means that when a user enters the course, this is the page they will see first.

Default Menu for a Restored Course
When a new course is requested with content restored into it from a previous course, the course menu will remain the same as it had been in the previous course.

Change the Course Menu

Instructors have a great degree of control over how the menu (the course structure) is organized using the controls attached to the course menu; and how the course menu looks using the “Style” controls available under “Customization” in the “Control Panel”.

Use controls attached to the course menu to add, edit, delete, hide/show, rearrange menu items:

• “Add” functionality: Click the “plus sign” at the top left of the course menu to add content areas, pages, links, and tools.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Rename, delete, hide-show: Click the downarrow icon at the right of each menu item to reveal a submenu with functions to rename the link, hide the link, or delete the menu item. Note that if you delete the item, you delete the area the item links to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Menu item indicators: A double-headed arrow used for rearranging the menu is positioned to the left of each item.

Use the “Control Panel” to change the style of the course menu:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Click “Customization” and then “Teaching Style” within the “Control Panel”. The “Teaching Style” page will appear with controls for setting the:
  • button style (text or buttons)
  • default menu view (folder view, list view, both views)
  • default content view (icon only, text only, icon and text)
  • course entry point
  • course banner image
• Click “Submit” to complete the process.