How do I set a Front Page in a course?
The Course Home Page is the first view your students will see when they enter your course. For the Course Home Page, you can customize a page from your course Pages and have it display as the Course Home Page.
If you want to change the Course Home Page to a custom page, you must first set the page as the Front Page. The Front Page is a designation that shows Canvas which page can be used for the Course Home Page. Use this page to show a welcome message, links, images, or other information for students.
Notes:
- Before setting the Front Page, the page must be published.
- You can edit the Front Page, set a different page as the Front Page, or remove the Front Page.
- Before setting a Front page, the Pages link in Course Navigation will open to the Pages Index. However, once you have selected a Front Page, the Pages link will always open to the Front Page. To return to the Pages Index, click the View All Pages button.
- The Pages Front Page can also be set to display recent course announcements.
Open Pages
In Course Navigation, click the Pages link.
View All Pages
If a front page has been selected previously, it will display.
To view a list of all course pages, click the View All Pages button.
Set Front Page in Pages List
Locate your published page that you want to set as your Front Page [1]. Click the Options icon [2] and select the Use as Front Page link [3].
Set Front Page in Individual Page
You can also set a page as the Front Page from any individual page in your course. Click the name of any published page that you want to set as your front page.