• About Welcome Page
• Add or modify a banner
• Add or modify a background image
• Reset (clear) the Welcome Page
• Choose the colors

• Add a link
• Edit a link
• Change the layout
• Set up self-registration
• Modify textblocks

Modifying layout

You can modify the layout of links to tools, pages, and URLs that you've added to the Welcome Page. Behind the scenes, any element that you add to the Welcome Page is placed in an HTML table. Using the Modify Layout options, you can specify the position of icon labels and text within the table cells. You can also select the number of columns in the table.

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 Modify layout. The Modify Layout of Links on Page screen appears.
4. Select your layout preferences (refer to the table below for explanations) and click Update. The Create/Edit Welcome Page screen appears and the Welcome Page is updated.

Title Attribute	Option	Explanation
Label position	Below icon	Text label appears below the icon.
	Left of icon	Text label appears to the left of the icon.
	Right of icon	Text label appears to the right of the icon.
	Balanced	Icons in the left column have labels on the left, icons in the middle column have labels below, and icons in the right column have labels on the right.
Text alignment	Left	Text is left-aligned.
	Right	Text is right-aligned
	Center	Text is centered.
	Balanced	Icons in the left column have text aligned to the left, icons in the middle column have text centered, and icons in the right column have text aligned to the right.
Table Attribute	Option	Explanation
Table alignment	Center	Links are centered on the Homepage.
	Left	Links are left-aligned on the Homepage.
Number of columns	1 to 8	More columns increase the number of links that appear horizontally across the Homepage.
Equalize column widths	Yes or No	Yes will make column widths equal. No will vary the column widths based on icon size.
Table border width	0 to 9 units	Increases or decreases the size of the table's outside border.
Table spacing	0 to 9 units	Increases or decreases the size of spacing between cells.
Table padding	0 to 9 units	Increases or decreases between a cell's contents (text and icons) and borders.
Table background color	17 colors	Changes the background color of the table, not the Welcome Page.



5. To preview your changes, click Preview welcome page.

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