Course Design: Style

Overview

Instructors can manage the appearance of the Course menu from the Course Design: Style page. They can choose to use a button or text navigation style and select colors and design features from this area.

Note: To maintain a consistent appearance for all course Web sites, Administrators may remove these options by selecting overrides.

Course Design

Find this page

Follow the steps below to open the Course Design: Style page.

Step 1 Select Course Settings in Course Options on the Course Control Panel.

Step 2 Click Course Design.

Step 3 Click Course Design.

Fields

The table below details the fields on this page.

Field

Description

Select a Navigation Style

Navigation Style:

Select Buttons to make the areas of the Course menu appear in a button format.

Select Text Navigation to make areas of the Course menu appear in a text format.

Select a Button Style

When the Button Navigation Style is chosen an additional set of functions must be defined. The table below details the fields on the Select Style Properties section for buttons.

Field	Description
Select Style Properties
Button Type:	Choose the Button Type from the drop-down list.
Button Shape:	Click an option to choose the Button Shape.
Button Style:	Use the drop-down list to select the color of the buttons. Click Gallery of Buttons to view all of the button options.

Select Text Navigation Colors

When the Text Navigation Style is chosen an additional set of functions must be defined. The table below details the fields on the Select Style Properties section for text.

Field	Description
Select Style Properties
Select background color for navigation:	Click Pick and select a background color for the Course menu.
Select a highlight color for the navigation:	Click Pick and select a color for the text in the Course menu.