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Contents 1 Home Overview 1.1 Adding a Web Page 1.2 Adding a Text Description 1.3 Adding your own HTML File 1.4 Other Tools with Customizable Options 1.4.1 Announcements 1.4.2 Chat 1.4.3 Calendar 1.5 Considerations

Home Overview

On the "Home" page of each course site or project site, you will see areas for general information (e.g., Worksite Information) and synoptic views for communication tools (e.g., Recent Announcements, Forums Notifications, Discussions New Private Messages or New Posts, Calendar display, Recent Chat Messages) used in your site. Additionally, you can view and alter your privacy status for the site.

• Whatever you display inside Customize Site Editor Display will be viewable by everyone with access to your site.

Adding a Web Page

To make a web page appear in the Site Editor Display box:

1. Select a course site or project site.
2. If the site's home page is not already open, click Home in the left menu.
3. In the Site Editor Display box, click Options.
4. In the Title field, enter a title for your Site Editor Display box, or keep the default or current title.
   • Note: Because the title of the Site Editor Display box is customizable, the box may be titled something other than "Site Editor Display" on your site; however, it will always be located on your site's home page just beside the left menu.
5. Use the Frame Height drop-down list to set the height for your Site Editor Display box.
   • Note: Most web pages display better in a taller box (600 or more pixels).
6. Under "Site Editor URL", type the URL (you may omit the http:// prefix).
7. Click Update Options.
   • Note: You may need to refresh your browser to view your new Site Information Display.

Adding a Text Description

To add a text description:

1. Select the course or project site.
2. If the site's home page is not already open, click Home in the left menu.
3. In the Site Editor Display box, click Options.
   • Note: Because the title of the Site Editor Display box is customizable, the box may be titled something other than "Site Editor Display" on your site; however, it will always be located on your site's home page just beside the left menu.
4. In the Title field, enter a title for your Site Editor Display box, or keep the default or current title.
5. Use the Frame height drop-down list to set the height for your Site Editor box.
6. Under Description, enter the text you wish to display.
7. Click Update Options.
   • Note: You may need to refresh your browser to view your new Site Editor Display. If you want to insert images, you will need to upload them to Resources before you can add them to the content.

Adding your own HTML File

To display an HTML file you have created and uploaded to the Resources tool:

Depending on where you uploaded the HTML file, select either the course or project site or My Workspace.

1. Click Resources to view the Resources list.
2. Copy the URL of the HTML file by right-clicking the file's name and then selecting your browser's Copy Shortcut, Copy Link Location, or Copy Link to Clipboard feature. (Alternatively, you can click the file's name to open it in a new browser window and then copy the URL from your browser's address box.)
3. If you are not already in the course or project site in which you want to display the HTML file, select it.
4. If the site's home page is not already open, click Home in the left menu.
5. In the Site Editor Display box, click Options.
   • Note: Because the title of the Site Editor Display box is customizable, the box may be titled something other than "Site Editor Display" on your site; however, it will always be located on your site's home page just beside the left menu.
6. Paste the URL into the Site Editor URL field.
7. Click Update Options.
   • Note: You may need to refresh your browser to view your new Site Editor Display.

If you would like to add or remove tools from your site (which appear in the left menu) you can do this from the Site Editor tool -> Edit Tools option. Details on how to do this are found in the Adding or Removing Tools from your Site part of the article.

Other Tools with Customizable Options

Other tools that may appear in your Home page may have options for some customization include:

Announcements

• Announcements, where you can change the visibility and the amount of the Announcement body that appears, the Display Limits for the Number of days in the past that appear and the Number of announcements that are visible.

Chat

• Chat, where you can change the display to alter the Number of days in the past that are viewable, Number of Chat messages visible, or the Number of characters per Chat message.

Calendar

• Calendar, where you can change the Calendar display view, Priority events (High, Medium and Low priority changeable by the Move up or Move down buttons and a Colors option to change for the corresponding Priority event. Complete the changes by clicking Update.

Considerations

• If you wish this material to remain for subsequent courses, when you request a new site at http://www.uwindsor.ca/newclew, leave the "Description" field blank. Otherwise that material will be overwritten.
• A "Public" site allows anyone to view this content.
• Instructors are visible within a course site by default.