Changing the Navigation Bar (NavBar)

The Navigation Bar (NavBar) is the top strip of the course pages, containing the course name and various links. It remains visible throughout the course site.

The NavBar has four different areas for displaying links: Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, and Bottom Right. Between the top and bottom areas is the template, which includes the department and course name.  Please leave the the top-left NavBar section as it is, since those links are consistent across all ICON courses. Do feel free, however, to add, delete, and move links in the bottom-left. In fact, you will save your students needless clicking by removing any default links you don’t plan to use.

Displaying Your Departmental Template

Some departments have their own individualized ICON templates, which may or may not be displayed initially. If the central NavBar area of your ICON course does not identify your department, you can check to to see if a departmental template is available and, if so, select it. Here's how:

1. Click the Edit Course link on the homepage Course Tools widget or on the bottom-right NavBar.
2. Click Navbars in the listing.
3. From the Template drop-down list, select the template for your department. If there isn't one, you can keep the Course Default Template.
4. Click Save at the bottom of the screen.
5. To return to your course homepage, click Course Home in the NavBar

Adding a NavBar Link for an ICON Tool

If you want to use an ICON tool that is not currently displayed in the NavBar, you will need to activate the link for that tool:

1. Click the Edit Course link on the homepage Course Tools widget or on the bottom-right NavBar.
2. Click Navbars in the listing.
3. Click the tab for the NavBar section where you want to display the link (usually Bottom Left).
4. Click the link name in the Inactive Links box on the left.
5. Click the > button to move the link to the Current Active Links box.
6. Click Save.
7. To return to your course homepage, click Course Home in the NavBar.

Adding/Editing a Custom NavBar Link for a URL or Course File

To add a custom link to the NavBar:

1. Click the Edit Course link on the homepage Course Tools widget or on the bottom-right NavBar.
2. Click Navbars in the listing.
3. Click the tab for the NavBar section where you want to display the link (usually Bottom Left).
4. Click New Link (bottom).
5. Enter the display name (preferably short). This name will appear in your NavBar.
6. Enter a URL or click Browse to locate a file in your Manage Files area.
7. Choose whether to display the website/course file in the Bottom Frame (NavBar still visible), Entire Window (NavBar no longer visible), or a new browser window (you can specify the height and width of the new window).
8. Click Save to close the popup window.
9. The custom link appears in the Inactive Links box, marked with a [C].
10. Click the > button to move the link to the Current Active Links box.
11. Click Save.
12. To return to your course homepage, click Course Home in the bottom-left NavBar.

To edit a custom link in the NavBar:

1. Click the Edit Course link on the homepage Course Tools widget or on the bottom-right NavBar.
2. Click Navbars in the listing.
3. Click the tab for the NavBar section where the link is located (usually Bottom Left).
4. Click the link name in the Current Active Links box.
5. Click Edit Link.
6. Make your edits and click Save to close the Edit Link popup window.
7. Click Save in the Edit Navigation Bar window.
8. To return to your course homepage, click Course Home in the NavBar.

Re-ordering Links on the NavBar

1. Click the Edit Course link on the homepage Course Tools widget or on the bottom-right NavBar.
2. Click Navbars in the listing.
3. Click the tab for the NavBar section where the links are located (usually Bottom Left).
4. Click a link name in the Current Active Links box.
5. Click Up or Down to move the link. The higher up the link is on the left, the further to the left it will appear relative to the other links in the NavBar.
6. Click Save.
7. To return to your course homepage, click Course Home in the NavBar.

Removing a Link from the NavBar

1. Click the Edit Course link on the homepage Course Tools widget or on the bottom-right NavBar.
2. Click Navbars in the listing.
3. Click the tab for the NavBar section where the link is located (usually Bottom Left).
4. Click the link name in the Current Active Links box.
5. Click the < button to move the link to the Inactive Links box.
6. You can delete a custom link completely by selecting the link and then clicking the Delete Link button. You can delete only the custom links you yourself have created. To remove ICON's predefined links from your NavBar, you need to move them to the Inactive Links box.
7. Click Save.
8. To return to your course homepage, click Course Home in the NavBar.

5 October 2009