Index for Welcome Page

• 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

What do you want to do?

• add a textblock
• edit a textblock
• move a textblock
• delete a textblock

Adding a textblock | Top

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 Options: Textblocks, select the type of textblock:
   • To add an upper textblock, click Add upper textblock. The Add Upper Text/Image in Page screen appears.
   • To add a lower textblock, click Add lower textblock. The Add Lower Text/Image in Page screen appears.
4. Under Layout, from the drop-down list, select a background color for the textblock.
5. Under Text Heading, in the Text box, enter a heading.
6. Under Text Heading, select the Alignment, Style, Color and Size for the heading.
7. Under Text, in the Text box, enter the body text. Note: To format the text, you can add HTML tags to the text, or click HTML editor.
8. Select the Alignment, Style, Color and Size for the body text.
9. Under Image, in the Filename text box, enter the path and filename of an image file or click Browse to select a file. For more information, see WebCT Browser.
10. Select the Alignment for the image.
11. Under Image Caption, in the Image caption text box, enter a caption.
12. Select the Alignment, Style, Color and Size for the image caption.
13. Click Add. The Create/Edit Welcome Page screen appears with the upper textblock is added.
14. To preview your changes, click Preview welcome page.

Editing a textblock | Top

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. Select the textblock that you want to edit.
4. Under Options: Textblocks, click Edit. The Edit Text/Image in Page screen appears.
5. Edit the Layout, Text Heading, Text, Image, and Image Caption fields as required. For detailed instructions, see Adding a textblock.
6. Click Update. The Create/Edit Welcome Page screen appears with the textblock is edited.
7. To preview your changes, click Preview welcome page.

Moving a textblock | Top

You can only use this option if you have two or more of the same type of textblocks, e.g. two upper textblocks, and you want to change their relative positions. You cannot change an upper textblock to a lower textblock or vice versa.

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. Select the textblock that you want to move.
4. Under Options: Textblocks, click Move Up or Move Down. The Welcome Page refreshes and the textblock is moved.
5. To preview your changes, click Preview welcome page.

Deleting a textblock | Top

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. Select the textblock that you want to delete.
4. Under Options: Textblocks, click Delete. A warning message appears.
5. Click OK. The Create/Edit Welcome Page screen refreshes and the textblock is deleted.
6. To preview your changes, click Preview welcome page.

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