Use the Preferences > Course Tools page to define which pages appear on the Today's View page for both you and your students, and the order in which the pages appear on the navigation bar.
Course tools preferences give you more control over how your course functions. Through these preferences, you can hide, show, and reorder course pages.
The following image shows course page tabs that appear for instructors by default.
Caution: Proceed with caution when you work with these preferences or you may inadvertently remove tools you want to be available to your students. Pearson recommends that you consult with a Pearson trainer, faculty advisor, technology specialist, or product specialist before changing these settings.
To view or modify Course Tools preferences for your course:
Click Preferences in the top-right corner of the page.
Enable: Select the navigation and sub-navigation pages you want to display to instructors and students.
Default View: In the Default View column on the far right, select the page that instructors and students see when they open the course. This default view is also called the course landing page. You can also set the Default View of each sub-page. This is the page that appears when instructors or students click to open the main page. For example, to have the Custom View page appear when users click Gradebook, set Custom View as the Default View in the Gradebook section.
Toolbar Order: This option controls the position of each page on the navigation bar. To set the order for each page, select the appropriate number from the list. The order is set from left to right. You can also set the order of available sub-pages.
Instructor Tools
Use this section to select the pages available to instructors, set the page that appears by default when an instructor opens the course, and set the order the tools appear on the navigation bar.
Media Library: You can change the term "Media Library" by typing a new name of up to 150 alphanumeric characters in the text box. The new name replaces the term "Media Library," which appears in the sub-navigation of the Course Materials page.
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Assignment Calendar: This page is only available if Enable Calendar is selected on the Preferences > General page. Depending on your course design, the Assignment Calendar page may appear on the main navigation row or as a sub-page of Course Materials.
Assignment Calendar : This page is available if you select Enable Calendar on the Preferences > General page. Depending on your course design, the Assignment Calendar page may appear on the main navigation row or as a sub-page of Course Materials.
Display under Course Materials tab: Click to display the Assignment Calendar page as a sub-page of the Course Materials page. The option then appears in the list of Course Materials sub-pages so you can order it accordingly.
Enable: Select to display the Mail option on the Communicate page.
Default View: Select to display the Mail option as the default view when you open the Communicate page. For example, if you select the Default View option, then click Communicate, the Mail page opens by default.
Toolbar Order: Select to define the order of communication tools in the toolbar on the Communicate page. For example, if the toolbar order for Mail is 1, then Mail appears first, followed by Chat. By default, the value in the drop-down is 1 and is disabled.
Chat: You can set the same three options for Chat as you set for Mail.
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Student Tools
Use this section to select the pages available to students, set the page that appears by default when the student opens the course, and set the order the pages appear on the navigation bar.
Display all tools in a single row: Select to display all available pages on the main navigation row for students.
Icons: Select On to display icons on the main navigation row. Select Off to display only the page names with no icons.
Media Library: You can change the term "Media Library" by typing a new of up to 150 alphanumeric characters in the box. The new name replaces the term "Media Library" and appears in the sub-navigation of the Course Materials page.
Enable simple layout: Not used in Higher Education courses. If you select Hide K5 Theme for Gradebook on the General preferences, this option does not appear.
Enable: Select to display the Mail option on the Communicate page.
Default View: Select to display the Mail option as the default view when you open the Communicate page. For example, if you select the Default View option, then click Communicate, the Mail page opens by default.
Toolbar Order: Select to define the order of communication tools in the toolbar on the Communicate page. For example, if the toolbar order for Mail is 1, then Mail appears first, followed by Chat. By default, the value in the drop-down is 1 and is disabled.
Chat: You can set the same three options for Chat as you set for Mail.
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