Students revisit websites that change. Create weekly changes to attract students to the site using External Links tool on the Course Menu or by changing the Course Banner.
i. Click on the Manage Course menu link in the Control Panel.
ii. On the Manage Course Menu Items Page click on the add External Link button to create a new menu item linked to an external web page (figure 5).
Figure 5: Manage Course Menu buttons
iii. Enter a name (Link of the Week) and the URL and click submit.
You will have to go into the Manage Course Menu page to update the link each week.
i. Click on the Settings link in the Control Panel.
ii. Click on the Course Design link on the Settings page.
iii. Click on the Course Banner link on the Course Design page.
iv. On the Course Banner page (Figure 6) click on the Browse button to locate the banner image on your local machine.
Figure 6: Course Banner page.
v. When the Choose file (Windows) or Open (Macintosh) window appears, locate the file your want to use as the banner image and click on open. The name of the selected file will appear in the New Banner text entry box.
vi. You can remove an existing banner by clicking on the remove this banner check box. (Note: If you want to change a graphic just enter the name in the new banner box. Clicking the remove banner box will remove all banners from the page.)
vii. Click on Submit to change the banner.
viii. Click on OK on the confirmation page to return to the settings page.