Quick / Detail View Course Menu
Blackboard allows your course menu to be displayed in two ways. Use this guide to understand how to change them.
Two views
1. The picture above shows the two different course menu views available.
Quick View
Displays top-level of course materials. This is the default and simplest view.
Detail View
Displays course materials as seen in the Course Map. This view expands to show the hierarchy of course navigation.
The views may be changed by clicking on Detail View / Quick View in the course menu itself.
A Tools Panel appears as part of the Course Menu. This box may contain links to the Course Map, Communication tools and/or Course Tools.
The size of the Course Menu frame may be adjusted. Hold the mouse over the border that marks the right side of the Course Menu, an arrow pointer appears. Use the mouse to drag this border and expand or contract the frame.
Information about when the Course Menu was last refreshed is also available in the Course Menu. Hold the mouse over the Refresh icon to view the date and time the menu was last refreshed. In the Detail View the date and time information appears at the bottom.
Changing views
2. You may set which view should be used by default for your course.
3. From your course's Control Panel, click on Course Design.
Display Options
4. Click on Manage Menu Display Options.
Menu Display Options
5. Select which menu you would like your course to use. You can prevent students from changing the menu display by deselecting Allow use of both views.
6. Click on Submit.
Manage Tool Panel?
7. If you wish you can customise what items are displayed in the Tools box below your course menu by clicking on Manage Tool Panel.
Quick or Detail View
8. Select whether you wish to customise the Tools box for either the Quick or Detailed view.
Options
9. Set the options according to your preferences. Note that you can revert back to the default setting by ticking Revert to system defaults.
10. Click on Submit to finish.
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