eHelp Canvas - Home Page
LTU uses a Home Page on Canvas to keep a consistent look throughout the courses. This page is editable in certain fields which include the text and images. It is not recommended to replace the page itself.
All CRN semester courses will have the basic template already in place. If it's a new course you'll need to make the edits, or if it was a previously taught course you'll need to reassign the Home Page.
If you have a development site you will need to import the basic template from Design Tools .
Below are instructions on how to do the scenarios listed above.
To change the text in the 5 buttons, highlight the text in the desired button and start typing. To relink the type see the Linking tab.
To ensure that the template properties are maintained, use the following method:
- Click on the text title
- Open Design Tools , rocketship at the top right
- Click Customize the Style and choose Current Element Style
- Click on the grey Course Content button
- A pop out window will appear to the left, locate the page, module, assignment, etc. that you want to link to.
You'll see the section flash yellow signaling that it is linked.
To ensure that the image retains its dimensions on the template use the following method:
For ease of changing images be sure to upload the images to Files in Canvas first.
If you are unsure how to upload to the File system review the How do I add Files page via Canvas Guides.
- Click on the image you want to change
- Click the Image icon on the text box toolbar, or click on Insert , Images , and Course Images
A pop-out window will appear on the right.
Locate and choose the image you want. If you know the name of the image you can use the search bar to locate it.
After you change the image you will notice that the sizing is different. You will need to adjust this.
Click on the photo and two option bubbles will appear above it. Choose Image Options .
A pop-out window from the right will appear. Locate where it says Size and click in the first text field. You are going to change this number to 230.
Click Done
Adding Home Page in Demo or Development Course
- Click Pages
- Select +Page and the edit screen appears
- Name the page _Front Page
- Launch Design Tools (click on the “rocket ship” top right hand side of page)
- Select “ Create/Edit Content ”
- Click “ Copy existing content ”
- Expand “ Institutional templates ” and select “ Front Page ”. Page loads.
- Click Save & Publish . Page loads
Select the three (3) dots to the right of the page and select Use as Front Page
Now set the this Front Page as the Home Page
- Click Home
- Select Choose Home Page from the right hand pane
- Click the button for Pages Front Page _Front Page
- Click Save
When the new semester arrives and courses are created in Canvas, you can copy over your prior Canvas course (last time taught). If you copy your prior course to new semester, you will notice you do not have the previous Home Page. Canvas does not reassign the previous Home Page so you will need to re-set the Home Page. The below instructions will step your through how to do this:
- Go to Pages
- Click View All Pages
- Locate the page you want to reassign as the Front Page and click the three dots in the row
- Click Use as Front Page from the drop-down
