The Grid format is a course format that organises your course into a visual modular format. The course format has a dashboard style grid of icons that link to individual course sections. Clicking on the image will open the corresponding topic.
How do I change the course format?
Once you are in your course homepage:
- Click on the cog wheel to access Settings (top right).
- Click Edit Settings.
- Click Expand all from the top right.
- Scroll down to find the Course Format section.
- Click the drop-down menu next to Format (first option) to reveal the available course formats and choose Grid format.
- Scroll down and click Save and display.
How do I customise the Grid format?
Once you are in Course settings:
- Scroll down to find the Course Format section.
- You can add new sections by changing the Number of sections (second option).
- Scroll down to the final option Section 0 on its own page when out of the grid and on a single section page and set it to Yes. (This will ensure that there is a section 0 outside of the icon grid to include your Evaluations and the Zoom and Panopto LTIs.)
- Scroll down and click Save and display.
How do I change the image icons?
Once you are in Course homepage:
- Click on the cog wheel to access Settings (top right).
- Select Turn editing on (the second option).
- Click Change Image and either click ‘Choose file’ or drag and drop a file into the space.
- In Image alt text add alternative text (a clear description of what the image is and any text included on the image).
- Scroll down and click Save changes.