Welcome Page - Colors

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You can choose the color for text, links, visited links, and background for the Welcome Page. Note: You can either choose from predefined color schemes or create a custom color scheme. Note: Depending on administrator settings, the high contrast color scheme may be the default and you will not be able to change page colors.

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Choosing a predefined color scheme | Top

You can choose one of the predefined color schemes for the Welcome Page. Note: Depending on administrator settings, this feature may not be available. The high contrast color scheme may be the default.

  1. From the Control Panel, click Course Settings. The Course Settings screen appears.
  2. Under Create/Edit Welcome Page, click Edit welcome page. The Create/Edit Welcome Page screen appears.
  3. Under Customize, click Customize page colors. The Customize Page Colors screen appears.
  4. In the Color Set column, choose one of the predefined color schemes by selecting the radio button for the appropriate set.
  5. Click Update. The chosen color scheme is applied.
  6. To preview your changes, click Preview welcome page.

Choosing the high contrast color scheme | Top

In compliance with the US Rehabilitation Act, Section 508, WebCT offers a color scheme that provides high contrast between background and foreground elements. This high contrast color scheme allows users who have difficulty distinguishing colors to use WebCT. Note: Depending on administrator settings, the high contrast scheme may be the default.

  1. From the Control Panel, click Course Settings. The Course Settings screen appears.
  2. Under Create/Edit Welcome Page, click Edit welcome page. The Create/Edit Welcome Page screen appears.
  3. Under Customize, click Customize page colors. The Customize Page Colors screen appears.
  4. In the Color Set column, select High contrast.
  5. Click Update. The high contrast color scheme is applied.
  6. To preview your changes, click Preview welcome page.

Creating a custom color scheme | Top

You can create a custom color scheme for the Welcome Page by selecting the colors for text, links, visited links, and background. Note: Depending on administrator settings, this feature may not be available. The high contrast color scheme may be the default.

  1. From the Control Panel, click Course Settings. The Course Settings screen appears.
  2. Under Create/Edit Welcome Page, click Edit welcome page. The Create/Edit Welcome Page screen appears.
  3. Under Customize, click Customize page colors. The Customize Page Colors screen appears.
  4. In the Color Set column, select Custom.
  5. In the Color Preview column, click one of the following:
    • Set text color
    • Set link color
    • Set visited link color
    • Set background color
    A color palette appears.
  6. To preview a color, click one of the colored squares. The color appears in the frame to the right of the color palette. Tip: In the Color Value text box, you can also type an HTML hexadecimal color code and click Preview.
  7. Choose a color:
    • To choose the selected color, click Update. The Customize Page Colors screen appears.
    • To apply the color chosen by your administrator, click Server default. The Customize Page Colors screen appears.
  8. Repeat steps 5 through 7 to select a custom color for another screen element.
  9. Click Update. The custom color scheme is applied.
  10. To preview your changes, click Preview welcome page.
Choosing the course default color scheme | Top

You can also choose the color scheme as specified in Course Settings.

  1. From the Control Panel, click Course Settings. The Course Settings screen appears.
  2. Under Create/Edit Welcome Page, click Edit welcome page. The Create/Edit Welcome Page screen appears.
  3. Under Customize, click Customize page colors. The Customize Page Colors screen appears.
  4. Click Course default. The color scheme that is specified in Course Settings is applied.
  5. To preview your changes, click Preview welcome page.