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. 

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 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 . 

 

 

 

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 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]. 

 View Front Page 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The Front Page will be indicated by a gray  Front Page  tag [1]. 

 You can change the Front Page to any other page in the course by selecting the page  Options  icon [2]. 

 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. 

 Use as Front Page 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Click the  Options  icon [1] and select the  Use as Front Page  link [2]. 

 Remove Front Page 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 To remove the Front Page, locate the page labeled with a  Front Page  tag [1]. Click the  Options  icon [2] and select the  Remove as Front Page  option [3]. 

   

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