Creating a "mashup" Front page

[LeslieArakaki]

Just wondering if other Canvas users might want at "mashup" type of Front page - See attached.

We are new to Canvas this year, and are transitioning from a different LMS. As we look at ways that we can help transition our teachers from the old to the (GLORIOUS) new, I asked several teachers what they would want the Front page of their course to look like...and this is what we dreamed up - to have a static page with basic course information at the top, then Modules listed below it.

[Our goal is to avoid the "Oh - I didn't look in Modules" excuse - since it'll be on that FIRST PAGE once they get into the course.]

[And yes, part of the transition to a new LMS is training for all - faculty, students, parents...and at that time, we can reiterate to all - GO TO MODULES..]

However, this isn't possible (unless you build out the page and add links to the Modules).

Does anyone see this "ability" - to mashup multiple modules/features of Canvas into one place - as useful in a Canvas course?

[dadaniel]

This is something that I feel would be very useful. The current choices for front pages are a bit all or nothing. Sometimes we need information from the Modules and the Syllabus to be readily available.

[ProductPanda]

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