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.
The quickest and easiest method to change the default images is to contact eLearning at elearning@ltu.edu. You will need to include the images you want and tell us which ones are being changed to which. Otherwise, there are two scenario options if you wish to change them yourself.
Scenario 1
You do not have images uploaded to the Canvas course files.
Click the image you want to change
Click the picture icon in the toolbar or click Insert → Image and select Upload Image from the dropdown menu
In the popup click to locate the image on your computer or drag and drop the image from the folder it is saved in on your computer. Once selected scroll down in the popup box and check on Decorative Image
Click Submit
Delete the old image
Scenario 2
You have images uploaded into the Canvas course files.
Click the picture icon in the toolbar or click Insert → Image and select Course Images from the dropdown menu
From the right side popout find the image in the listing and right-click and select Copy Image from the menu
Click the image you want to change and right-click and select Paste from the menu
Delete the old image
Adding Home Page in Demo or Development Course
- Click Pages
- Select +Page and the edit screen appears
- Name the page with the courses ID number and Front Page so it can be identified from the defualt template. _Course ID 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
