Brightspace/Classes: Creating Widget Based Homepages (Most Common)

Introduction

This article shows how to create a widget based homepage.

Instructions

1. Click the Homepage Actions Menu, then Manage Homepages
   
2. If you cannot locate that menu from previous step, click Course Tools, Course Admin then Homepages
   
3. Click Create Homepage
   
4. Type the Name the new Homepage and enter a description if desired
   
5. Select Widget-Based in the Type dropdown box
   
6. Customize the course name that is displayed in the banner of the homepage
   
7. Stay with the Basic Layout, or click Change Layout to choose from the available options
   
8. Click Add Widgets in each column of your chosen layout
   
9. Click the checkbox next to the desired widgets and click Add
   
10. Drop and drag the widgets around to reorder them
11. To customize the widget, click inside that widget’s box
    
12. You can choose to:
    • Turn off the widget title
    • Prohibit students from minimizing the widget
    • Change the widget name
      
13. Click Save
14. When you are done creating the homepage, click Save and Close
    
15. You will be brought back to the previous page.  To change the active homepage, click the dropdown box under the Active Homepage heading.  Choose which of the existing homepages you would like to make the active homepage.  Click Apply.