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 +<​html><​h1><​b>​***UPDATES:​ PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT AVENUE TO LEARN:​***</​br></​br>​ <a href="​https://​avenuehelp.mcmaster.ca">​https://​avenuehelp.mcmaster.ca</​a></​b></​h1></​br></​br></​br>​ </​html>​
  
 ====== Avenue Homepages and Widgets ====== ====== Avenue Homepages and Widgets ======
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   * You will be able to create and edit a Widget to add functionality or visual interest to your course.   * You will be able to create and edit a Widget to add functionality or visual interest to your course.
  
 +===== Changes to homepages and widgets in the Brightspace Daylight Experience =====
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 +In the Brightspace Daylight Experience, you can no longer set background colors or images for a homepage or select a color for widget headers. These limits ensure that information is not lost when the display resizes for tablet, mobile device, or other narrow displays. It also ensures that the Brightspace Learning Environment continues to provide a clean backdrop for announcement items, content, and other custom widget material.
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 +To ensure that the Brightspace Daylight Experience is able to optimally resize for narrow displays, D2L recommends that you update your Brightspace Learning Environment to a one or two column homepage layout with your primary content on the left. When the display area collapses to a single column on mobile devices, the content in the secondary column appears beneath the left, primary content. If you do not want to lose the image in your widget header, you can create a banner image widget below the navbar or add an image widget in your secondary column to customize the display.
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 +Some of the instructional videos below are slightly out of date, for any discrepancies,​ consult the vendor documentation at the following URL:
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 +[[https://​documentation.brightspace.com/​EN/​le/​daylight/​admin/​changes_to_homepages_and_widgets.htm|https://​documentation.brightspace.com/​EN/​le/​daylight/​admin/​changes_to_homepages_and_widgets.htm]]
  
 ===== Homepages ===== ===== Homepages =====
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 ** **
  
-  * On your course homepage click on ‘edit course+  * On your course homepage click on ‘Course Admin
   * Click on ‘homepages’   * Click on ‘homepages’
   * From here you can preview, copy, edit, and activate your homepages   * From here you can preview, copy, edit, and activate your homepages
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 +**Copy a Homepage to use for editing
 +**
  
 You can create a homepage from scratch using a variety of layouts, but for the purpose of this training we will copy the default layout, and then customize it by either adding or removing widgets. You can create a homepage from scratch using a variety of layouts, but for the purpose of this training we will copy the default layout, and then customize it by either adding or removing widgets.
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   * Use the copied homepage to work with, as the '​Course Default'​ homepage cannot be edited   * Use the copied homepage to work with, as the '​Course Default'​ homepage cannot be edited
  
 +**Edit Homepage properties
 +**
  
 +After clicking on the newly copied homepage you can:
  
 +  * Changing the name of your homepage
 +  * Add a description
 +  * Change the Type
 +  * Manipulate Header options
 +  * Change the layout
 +  * Edit properties of some widgets by clicking on the widget itself
 +  * Add and change the placement of system and custom widgets (including headers and footers)
  
 +Please review the following vendor video to learn about some of the commonly used functionality in manipulating homepages, and how to activate your custom homepage. ​ They go through creating a homepage from scratch, but you can see the similarities between editing your copied homepage:
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 +{{youtube>​SPCEMacQhNc?​medium}}
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 +<​html><​br /></​html>​
  
  
 ===== Widgets ===== ===== Widgets =====
  
 +**Accessing the Widgets tool**
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 +  * On your course homepage click on ‘Course Admin’
 +  * Click on ‘widgets’
 +  * Here you can create, preview, and edit custom widgets
 +  * You can also customize and preview system widgets (by clicking on the '​system widgets'​ tab) Note: Some system widgets are not available for use, such as '​google apps'
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 +To make a custom widget, please evaluate the following vendor documenation:​
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 +{{youtube>​UCn6GrtP-YY?​medium}}
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 +<​html><​br /></​html>​
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 +To use your custom widget, just repeat the steps at the very top of this page to insert it into your custom homepage.
  
  
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-For additional resources, refer to the wiki page at [[https://​wiki.mcmaster.ca/​avenue/​customize_homepage]] 
  
 +<​html><​br /></​html>​
 +
 +===== Course Banner Change =====
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 +<​html><​br /></​html>​
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 +  - Log into Daylight-enabled Brightspace as an Instructor.
 +  - Select a course or org unit.
 +  - On the homepage, hover over or tab to the Banner.
 +  - In the Banner image, select More Options.
 +  - In the drop-down menu, select Change Image.
 +  - From the Course Image Library, find the desired image.
 +  - Select Use this image for the image you wish to use.
 +
 +<​html><​br /></​html>​
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 +//For questions or concerns, Avenue support is available from Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM at (905) 525-9140 ext. 23757 or by completing the intake form located at http://​avenue.mcmaster.ca/​support/​ //
  
-//For questions or concerns, Avenue support is available from Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM at (905) 525-9140 ext. 22911 or email support.avenue@cll.mcmaster.ca.//​ 
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