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[tdimella]

Is there a way to create an area on a page that will automatically update information from a secondary source? 

I am working with a college that wants a Welcome page that includes the course description that cannot be edited, which I know Canvas can do. However, each course has a different course description. We are hoping to find a way to make one template for all the courses and not a template for each course. Is there something that we can use to have the correct course description populate on the Welcome page based on the name of the course after applying the Blueprint?

Thank you!

[chriscas]

Hi @tdimella,

I don't think there is going to be an "easy" solution for this one.  If you want this for every single course in your Canvas instance, and you have a way to pull the desired information form a database or something similar, I'd perhaps look at using javascript in your main theme to insert the info in the desired location(s).  The added benefit of going this direction is that teachers could not ever edit/remove the content on their own, but the downside is that you'd need to do even more coding for mobile apps (or just exclude them form this endeavor).

If you have questions about this approach or would like others to perhaps come up with other solutions, please let us know by replying to this message!

-Chris