[ARCHIVED] [ARCHIVED] Add a box with extra information in the course settings page

[tobe_baeyens]

Hey,

We would like to add some extra information for teachers to the course settings page. It could be an html snippet that we can place above the settings or in the right collumn. We want to make sure that teachers understands what happens in the background with our SIS integration.

[kona]

Due to the technical nature of this question I'm going to share it with the Canvas Developers group in the Community. They are the ones that work with this side of Canvas and should hopefully be able to help! In addition, you might consider joining the Developers group and checking out some of their other resources/information!

[ColinMurtaugh]

Hi Tobe --

You can use custom Javascript to add some HTML to the page.  For example:

$(document).ready(function(){
   if (window.location.href.match(/courses\/\d+\/settings/)) {
      // change #left_side_inner to target desired location on the page
      $('#left_side_inner').prepend(
         '<div id="my-custom-text">Custom text and markup go here.</div>'
      );
   };
});

The code above basically checks to see if the user is on the Course Settings page, and if so it adds a new div to the page just before the #left_side_inner div. You could modify that to target some other part of the page as appropriate.

Be aware that modifying page content with Javascript like this can be brittle -- if the underlying page markup changes, your script can stop working. 

Good luck!

--Colin