Introduction to customising your module area
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This tutorial guides users on customizing their module area in Minerva, including selecting module entry points, default content views, and adding banners. Users can change the module entry point from the announcements page and have options for text or icon views for content. A recommended banner size of 1028 x 158 pixels is provided for branding purposes.
Introduction to customising your module area
- 1. Introduction to customising your module area Getting Started with Minerva Kirsten Thompson | OD&PL, University of Leeds
- 2. In this tutorial we are going to explore the Style features available for customising your module area and how to implement them.
- 3. Options to design the module area can be found in the Customisation area of the Control Panel. Select the dropdown arrow next to Customisation, to expand the menu.
- 5. In the Style area, we will look at: 1. Select Module Entry Point 2. Default Content View 3. Select Banner
- 6. By default the Module Entry Point is set to the Announcements page. You can change the entry point here if you wish.
- 7. Icon and Text View is the default. Both will be associated with each piece of content you add. Text Only is cleaner but it becomes even more important to consider the language used to label each piece of content added (icons used well, are a great visual identifier for some learners). The Icon Only option offers limited value/removes descriptions.
- 8. Consider adding a banner to your module entry point, to brand your space. You will need to create your banner using software outside of Minerva. The recommended size for a module banner is1028 x 158 pixels.
- 9. Once you have changed the Style settings, select Submit at the bottom of the page/
- 10. A purple Success receipt will appear at the top of the screen providing the actions were completed as requested.
- 11. The module banner is now visible on the Announcements page.
- 12. End