Working with Pages
You may want to add pages to your course context or any of its subsections. You may also need to rename pages, delete them and so forth. This section covers all these tasks and more.
How To
Log in to the portal and navigate to the appropriate course section or subsection.
In the sidebar, click Add a Page.
The Create a new page screen displays.
Select a feature to include on your new page. (Every new page must have at least one feature. You may add additional features after creating the page, as described in Add a Feature Instance to a Page.)
Note
Once a page is created, only administrators in that context have access to it by default. Permissions must be adjusted for other user roles to gain access to the new page.
The system creates and displays your page. Note: The system gives the page a default name based on the feature you selected. You can change this name by from the Options screen. For more information see Rename a Page.
Note
By default, the feature title bar will not appear when only one feature is on a page. You can override this setting by selecting the Show feature title bar in addition to page title bar checkbox on the Options screen.
Your new page now appears in the sidebar.
If you want to rename a page, take the following steps.
Caution
When you rename a page, the system will automatically update the page’s URL to reflect the change. This could result in external links to the page being broken and existing links no longer working.
Log in to the portal as a member of the Administrators role or as someone with Can Admin privileges for the appropriate context. Navigate to the page you want to rename.
Click the wrench icon in the upper-right corner of the page.
The admin bar displays.
Click the Options link in the admin bar.
The system displays the Options screen.
In the Rename the page field, enter the new name. You may need to scroll down to see this field.
Click Use this name.
The system changes the name of the page and refreshes the screen.
If you want to make a page the home page displayed when users select the parent tab or subsection, use the following procedure.
Log in to the portal as a member of the Administrators role or as someone with Can Admin privileges for the appropriate context. Navigate to the page that you want to make a home page.
Click the wrench icon in the upper-right corner of the page.
The admin bar displays.
Click the Options link in the admin bar.
The Options screen displays.
Click the Make this the home page link.
The system makes the page the home page and refreshes the screen.
As explained in the Hide a Unit from Students Who Cannot See Its Assignments section, you can choose to hide a unit from students for whom none of the unit’s assignments are visible. You can also choose to hide particular pages from students who are unable to see a certain unit via a setting on the Access screen.
Log in to the portal as a member of the Administrators role or as someone with Can Admin privileges for the appropriate context. Navigate to the page whose features you want to arrange.
Click the wrench icon in the upper-right corner of the page.
The admin bar displays.
Click the Access link in the admin bar.
The system displays the Access screen, which lists all the roles defined for this context as well as all the global roles.
Click the Students role.
Click the drop-down list that appears to the right, and select one of the Only when they can see unit name options.
Students will now be able to view the page only if the selected unit is visible to them in Coursework and other features.
Each page uses one of several preconfigured column layouts. These preconfigured layouts let you choose the number and relative size of the columns the page will use.
Log in to the portal as a member of the Administrators role or as someone with Can Admin privileges for the appropriate context. Navigate to the page whose layout you want to modify.
Click the wrench icon in the upper-right corner of the page.
The admin bar displays.
Click the Layout link in the admin bar.
The system displays the Layout screen, which lists all available page layouts. Options are as follows.
Name of layout option
Description
One Column
Features are stacked vertically in a single column.
Side by side with header
Side by side, but with a full-width header across the top.
Side by side
Features are arranged into two even columns.
Blog style
Features are arranged in a wide content column and a thin supplement column.
Blog style with header
Blog style, but with a full-width header across the top.
Dashboard style
Features are arranged into any of three equal columns.
Newspaper style #1
Features are arranged in a wide content column on the left or one of two thin supplement columns.
Newspaper style #2
Features are arranged in a wide content column on the left or one of two thin supplement columns.
Use an existing CSS Class to create a custom layout
Use this to specify your own CSS class for page layout. To do so, enter a name for the custom layout and click Use this.
Click Save.
If you need to delete a page, use the following procedure. Note that if a page is the default for its parent tab or subsection, it cannot be deleted. Further, when you delete a page, you also delete all features on that page, as well as the content they contain.
Caution
When you delete a page, you delete all of its features and their content. So do not proceed unless you are certain you don’t need this content.
Log in to the portal as a member of the Administrators role or as someone with Can Admin privileges for the appropriate context. Navigate to the page you want to delete.
Click the Options link in the admin bar.
The Options screen displays.
Click the Delete this page button at the bottom of the page.
If you are sure you want to delete the page, click Delete the page name page.