Course Homepage
Your Course Homepage
Whether you teach online or face-to-face, it is important to start your course in a way that is both informative and inviting. A good homepage should include the following:
- Your name
- Your contact information and communication expectations/preferences
- How to get help
- How to get started
- A welcoming and helpful tone
Note: If your course is available to students before the semester starts, you may wish to include textbook info, too, or a link to the syllabus.
Here are a couple of nice sample homepages and an example Download example for your use. Notice how each homepage sets a welcoming tone and provides the needed information :
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -