Overview

Note that the business platform defaults to the term course, and the academia platform defaults to the term class. The term course and class are interchangeable in this article.

Configuring dashboard widgets

Instructors and administrators can configure the widgets available to users on a course's dashboard.

To add widgets to the dashboard, you must first enable a course dashboard:

1. Access the course.
   
2. Click Admin from the course navigation menu.
   
3. Click Features from the fly-out menu.
   
4. Select Dashboard.
   

1. Access the course.
   
2. Click Dashboard on the course navigation menu.
   
3. Click the Edit widgets button on the upper-right side of the course landing page.
   

1. Click Instructor center panel or Learner center panel.
   

1. Drag and drop widgets from the right panel to the dashboard.
   
2. Use drag and drop to reorder widgets on the dashboard.
   
3. To remove a widget from the course dashboard, move it back to the Available widgets panel.
4. When you have finished configuring widgets, click Save.
   
5. If you want to discard the changes you made, click Cancel.
   

1. Click the icon on the widget tile.
   
2. Last: Select data from the last 7 days, 4 weeks, or 6 months to display.
   
3. Chart type: Select between spline, column, area, or pie chat. 
   

1. Wide HTML widget: The Wide HTML widget can be added to the center panel and spans the width of the center panel.
   
2. Small HTML widget: The Small HTML widget can be added to the center panel and is a quarter of the width of the center panel.
   

Configuring the welcome widget

The welcome widget is a large carousel at the top of the dashboard, which is useful for displaying instructions and announcements for users.

 To add a welcome widget:

1. Click the Edit widgets button.
   

1. Select Instructor center panel or Learner center panel from the pop-up.
   

The Available widgets panel displays.

1. Drag-and-drop the Welcome widget to the top of the dashboard.
   
2. After the banner is added, click Save.
   

Once the dashboard layout is saved, you can edit the widget. 

1. Click the edit icon on the Welcome widget to add slides with text, images, and call-to-action buttons.
   

The Settings pop-up displays.

1. Click Add slide.
   

1. Click Text+Picture to create a slide using the built in editor.
   
2. Click Custom HTML to create a custom slide with HTML. 
   

Selecting a Text+Picture slide allows you to edit the slide using the editor on the left panel.

1. Enter Heading and Description text that will display on the slide.
   
2. Select Text color and Background color for the slide.
   
3. If a default image displays, click Remove picture.
   
1. Click Change picture to add your own image.
4. Add Button text and a Button url if you would like to add a button and link to the slide.
   
1. The button text and url are optional. 
   

You can also add visibility filters if you would like to filter which users see the slide:

1. Click + Add filter in the Visibility section.
   
2. Select a field, operator, and value for the filter.
   
3. Click +.
4. Visit the Filters article to learn more about defining filters.
   

1. Click < Back.
   
2. The changes will be automatically saved.
   

1. Use the HTML editor to add text, images, media, and more.
   
2. When you finish creating the slide, click Save.
   

1. Reorder slides by clicking the icon and dragging and dropping slides to a new location.
   
2. To hide or delete a slide:
   
1. Hover over the slide.
   
2. Click the cog icon.
   
3. Click Hide or Delete.

There are two additional welcome widget settings:

1. Title: Enter a title for the widget.
   
2. Autoplay slide speed: Define how many seconds each slide displays before moving to the next slide. 
   
1. To disable the slide autoplay, select Don't autoplay.
   

On the dashboard, the welcome widget includes a number of options in the upper-right corner.

1. If the widget is configured to autoplay the slides, click the Pause button to pause on a slide.
   
1. Once paused, click the Play button to resume autoplay. 
2. If you customized the course dashboard banner widget, click the Reset button to quickly reset the widget to default content.
   
3. Click the Edit button to edit the widget.

Additional information regarding the welcome widget:

Configuring right bar widgets

Instructors and administrators can configure the widgets available to users on the right panel of a course.

Please note that if you customize the widgets for a specific course, it will not affect other courses. 

To configure right panel widgets for a course:

1. Access the course.
   
2. Click the Edit widgets button on the upper-right side of the course landing page. 
   

1. Click Instructor right panel or Learner right panel.

Note: If you remove all widgets from the right panel, the panel will be automatically hidden.

Custom report widgets

You can add report widgets to the course dashboard and also to the right panel.

Please note that you can only attach widgets to scheduled reports that return a chart.

1. Access the course's dashboard.
   
2. Click the edit widgets button.
   
3. Select where you want to add the report widget:
   
1. On the center panel or on the right panel
   
2. For instructors or for learners.
   

1. Select the Report widget from the Available widgets panel and drag it to the dashboard (or right panel).
   

To associate the widget with a custom report:

1. click  on the Report widget tile.
   
2. Click Report.
   

A pop-up displays of your scheduled custom reports.

1. Select which scheduled custom report you would like to display in the widget.
   

1. Click the  icon on the Report widget.
   
2. Click Report to update which report is displayed in the widget.
   
3. Click Title to change the widget title.
   
4. Click Delete to delete the widget. 
   

You can add as many report widgets as you want to the central or right panel.

1. Click Save.
   
2. The selected report widgets will be added to the dashboard and the data will refresh every time the report runs based on the defined schedule.
   

HTML widgets

You can create custom HTML widgets and add them to the right and center panels. 

To configure a HTML widget:

1. Click the icon on the HTML widget tile.
   
2. Click Settings.
   

1. Enter a widget Title.
   
2. Determine if you want the widget to be minimizable,
   
3. Click Save.
   

1. Click the icon on the HTML widget tile.
   
2. Click Editor.
   
3. Use the HTML editor to build the content of the widget.
   
4. Click Save.
   

To delete an HTML widget:

1. Click the icon on the HTML widget tile.
   
2. Click Delete.asdf
   

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