Topic: How to change the look of a course | GoL HELP

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How to change the look of a course

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- Click the links below to find out how you can change the look of your course pages:
- Course Format Options Page
  
  These short videos Walk you through the different ways you can change the look and feel of your GoL2 Course site.
- Introduction to the Grid Format Page
  
  Say goodbye to boring columns, This video talks you through hoe to experiment with the grid course format.
- Edit a section heading Page
  
  Change the section headings to help you structure your course page
- Change the number of sections displayed on a course page
  
  You can have between 1 and 52 sections on a course page
- Change the colour of section heading bars Page
  
  Experiment with changing the colour, icon set etc. You can always reset them if you don't like your choice!
- Adding a block to a course Page
  
  Use to add content to the right or left column of a course page
- Thoughts on how to present resources Page
- Example of a course using a Grid Layout URL
- Example Courses Page
- Example Courses:
  
  These links show you courses that have the same content BUT are presented differently. They are mainly resources with some Quizzes, forums, glossaries etc... But the main AIM here is for you to see the different way your course could look to students.
  
  Grid Format mirroring the specification Resources in a glossary activities on the front
  
  2-column Collapsed topics. the left column has just activities on the front the right has lits of structured links... (looks nice at first until you actually try and find something!)
  
  Collapsed topics for Half terms. Mix of content presentation.
  
  These are examples of courses using the Flexible format:
  
  Flexible topic format-1: allows topics to either to be displayed on a new page (collapsed) or expanded. Topics can be nested inside each other. Take care not to make the navigation too complicated by nesting too deep.
  
  Flexible topic format-2