Desire2Learn

Working with Your Personal Homepage

Instructors can create a personal homepage in Desire2Learn. Your personal homepage allows you to share information about yourself with members of your class. The course homepage allows you to share information specific to a class. There are two ways to create a personal homepage: you can use Desire2Learn's HTML Editor or you can upload an existing web page that was created using other web editing software.

• Creating Your Homepage
• Viewing a Homepage
• Deleting a Homepage

Creating Your Homepage

Creating Your Homepage: HTML Editor Option

This option is a two-step process. After you create the HTML file, you can then edit the page. The HTML Editor for homepages allows you to use both Design and HTML views to create the page, but images may only be added using the HTML view.

HINTS:
To toggle between Design and HTML view, at the bottom of the HTML Editor, click DESIGN or HTML.
Design view offers pull-down lists and buttons for formatting text. For more information about using HTML Editor in the Design view, refer to Using HTML Editor.
HTML view requires that you work within the HTML code.

1. From the My Home page, in the Welcome Box widget, click MY PERSONAL HOMEPAGE.
   The My Homepage window opens.

2. Click NEW .
   The Explorer User Prompt dialog box appears.
   

3. In the text box, type a name for your homepage file.
   NOTE: The default extension will be .html. You can change that by specifying the .htm file extension.

4. Click OK.
   The file you created is added to the My Homepage dialog box.

5. To edit your homepage (i.e., to add content),
   1.    In the My Homepage dialog box, for the file you want to edit, click EDIT.
         The HTML Editor appears.

   2. Using the Design and HTML views, add text and images to the page.

6. When finished adding text and images, click SAVE.

7. Click CLOSE.
   You are returned to the My Homepage dialog box.

8. To designate this file as your homepage, click MAKE THIS MY HOMEPAGE.
   This file is set as your homepage.

Viewing a Homepage

Viewing the homepages of students in your class can help you learn more about them.

1. From the My Home page, select the course for which you want to view homepages
   The Course Home page appears.

2. On the Navigation bar, click CLASSLIST.
   The list of class members appears.

3. Next to the class member whose homepage you want to view, click VIEW HOMEPAGE.
   That class member's homepage appears.

Deleting a Homepage

If you no longer need or use a homepage, you can remove it from Desire2Learn.

1. From the My Home page, in the Welcome widget, click MY PERSONAL HOMEPAGE.
   The My Homepage dialog box appears.

2. Next to the file you wish to delete, click DELETE.
   A confirmation dialog box appears.

3. Click OK.
   The homepage file is deleted.