How to Manage Unit Home Page Buttons

1. Go to the Online variant of a unit.

2. Go to the Unit home page of the Online variant.

3. Click the Edit section button displayed as a cog icon in the top-right corner of the page. The Edit Unit home form will open in a new window.

4. Click the Home Page Buttons tab.

5. To add a new button, click the add button displayed as a plus icon to the right of the Home page buttons heading. The add button form will open in a new modal window.

Home page buttons can either link to a section or download a file attachment.

Section

1. Confirm that the button labelled Section is selected (it will default to this).
2. Click the dropdown menu to choose a section to link the button to.

File Attachment

1. Click the button labelled File Attachment.
2. Click the paperclip button to open the Media Library window.

3. Upload the file attachment you want to link to the button.
4. Select your uploaded document and click the Insert button in the bottom-right corner.

To learn more about uploading files to the Media library, click here.

5. Type a Minor and Major label for the button. These labels should be 1-2 words each.

6. Click the OK button in the bottom-right corner. The button will now be added to the bottom of the list.

The list of buttons from top to bottom, will appear on the Unit home page from left to right.

8. Click and drag the button up or down the list to rearrange the order that the buttons will appear on the Unit home page.

9. Click Save in the bottom-right corner. The button will now appear on the Unit home page.

1. To edit an existing button, click the Edit button displayed as a pencil icon in the top-right corner of the button card.

2. Make the required changes.
3. Click the OK button. The updates will appear on the button the Edit section form.

4. Click the Save button. The button will be updated on the Unit home preview screen.

When a button is disabled, it will not appear in the Unit home preview or in the LMS. In the Edit Unit home form, disabled buttons appear faded and marked as disabled.

Default buttons (Learning resources or Assessments) cannot be deleted; if you do not want them to appear, they must be disabled.

To disable a button:

1. Click the Edit button displayed as a pencil icon in the top-right corner of the button card.

2. When the Edit button form opens, click the Disabled checkbox.

3. Click the OK button.

The button will update and appear as faded and marked as disabled in the Edit Unit home form

4. Click the Save button. The button will be hidden from the Unit home preview screen.

Only buttons that have previously been added through customisation can be deleted. Default buttons (Learning resources or Assessments) cannot be deleted and, instead, must be disabled.

To delete a button added by a user:

1. Click the Delete button displayed as an X icon in the top-right corner of the button card. 

The button will now be removed from the list.

2. Click the Save button.