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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 +Some of the instructional videos below are slightly out of date, for any discrepancies,​ consult the vendor documentation at the following URL: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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 **Accessing the Widgets tool** **Accessing the Widgets tool**
  
-  * On your course homepage click on ‘edit course+  * On your course homepage click on ‘Course Admin
   * Click on ‘widgets’   * Click on ‘widgets’
   * Here you can create, preview, and edit custom 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)+  * 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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 +<​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>​
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 +===== 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.
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 +<​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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