An Introduction to Your Site

The Home Page

After logging in you're taken to either Site Home or the Dashboard. Site Home page acts as a landing page for all users, and displays useful information added by your site administrators, as well as a list of courses you're enrolled in as an instructor or learner. On the Dashboard page you'll see the list of courses that have been made available to you in the list under “Course Overview." 

Note: There are multiple differences between Site Home and Dashboard. The Course Overview block displays only on the Dashboard, and the Site Home page usually shows a "My Courses" list which will contain the courses you are enrolled in. Whether you see the Site Home or Dashboard depends on the default page your institution has chosen, but both pages are usually available from your navigation drawer on the left. 

What if I don't see one of my courses?

Please note that all of your courses on your schedule may not appear in this list. It is typically up to the instructor to make their course sites available to learners at the start of the term. If you do not see a course you have registered for, you can ask that instructor when you can expect to gain access. We go into detail on the Dashboard in the next chapter of this book.