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Add/Edit 'Getting Started' Information - Top of Course Homepage

The top of the course homepage is the perfect place to welcome students to your course and provide instructions for how to get started with the course. In fact, if you are teaching an online or synchronous course, this area is like when students walk into your brick and mortar classroom. Try to make this area a reflection of your class, both welcoming and informative!

If you're creating a new course from the institutional template, you may see a placeholder like this:

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Examples of information to put into this area:

  • course description
description; course objectives getting Started steps; instructions on where to viewfind the syllabus and other important documents for the courseinformation
welcome video an image relevant to your course content (or feel free to leave the Clarkson logo!) information regarding what you will use Moodle for (ex: If this is for a face-to-face course, you might let students know they will use his Moodle course for submitting assignments and locating recorded lectures.) and what they do next.

To edit this content:
  1. Click turn_editing_on.jpg?version=1&modificationDate=1646167530000&api=v2to turnTurn on editing settings. 

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  2. To the right of the item you would like to edit, click the ellipse to Edit then choose Edit settings. 

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  3. Edit the text using the tools on the text editing iconseditor and typing your message.
  4. To add/edit an image, refer to these two part instructions: Obtaining an Image from Pixabay and Adding it to a Course
  5. When you are finished, scroll down and click Screenshot%202022-03-01%20at%2015-59-32%20Editing%20Label.png?version=1&modificationDate=1646168377000&api=v2Screenshot%202022-03-01%20at%2015-59-32%20Editing%20Label.png?version=1&modificationDate=1646168377000&api=v2.
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