Managing content display settings

You can change how course content appears in the content viewer. For example, you can define:

• the appearance of the sidebar in topics
• the look of the course TOC (table of contents) on the Content Home
• whether to use a custom content homepage
• titles for pages and widgets
• numerical schemes for modules and topics
• default font family and size for topics you create in Content through the HTML editor

Table of contents

1. Change how the main page displays
2. Change how content topics display
3. Change module and topic enumeration
4. Change default font settings
5. Restore default display settings

Change how the main page displays

1. Click Content on the navbar to access the Manage Content page.
2. From the Content Areas pane, click Settings.
3. Make the changes you want to the display settings for the main page and click Save.

   Option	Description
   Content Home Area
   Content Home	Select Create a custom 'Content Home' page from a file to use a custom content homepage. See Adding a custom content homepage, for details on this feature.
   Show Sidebar	Select Show Sidebar to show the sidebar on the left of the custom content homepage.
   Table of Contents Area
   Content List Style	Changes the TOC on the content home from a vertical list, to a horizontal list, or show only the modules.
   Heading	Change the heading for the TOC, or replace it with a variable: {CourseName} The name of the current course {OrgName} The name of the organization
   Module Name Display	Change how the module name appears. Variable choices are the same as for heading plus the following: {URLStart} Marks the beginning of a link {URLEnd} Marks the end of a link {Enumeration} The enumerated number of the current module or topic {ModuleLongTitle} The long title of the current module {ModuleShortTitle} The short title of the current module
   Topic Name Display	Change how the topic name appears. Variable choices are the same as for Module Name Display plus the following: {TopicLongTitle} The long title of the current topic {TopicShortTitle} The short title of the current topic
   Show Sidebar	Select Show Sidebar to show the sidebar on the left of the table of contents.
   Sidebar area
   Box Title	Change how the sidebar heading appears. Variable choices are the same as for Heading in the Table of Contents area.
   File Type Icon	Select the File Type Icon check box to show icons indicating file types beside course topics in the sidebar.
   Module Name Display	Change how the module name appears on the sidebar. Variable choices are the same as for Module Name Display in the Table of Contents area.
   Topic Name Display	Change how the topic name appears on the sidebar. Variable choices are the same as for Topic Name Display in the Table of Contents area.

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Change how content topics display

1. On the Manage Content page, in the left tool menu, click Settings.
2. Click Content Viewer in the top tool menu.
3. Make changes to the display settings for course topics and click Save.

   Option	Description
   Properties Area
   Title	Change the title of the content viewer action bar.
   Show Sidebar	Select Show Sidebar to show a table of contents on the left of the custom content homepage.
   Sidebar area
   Box Title	Change the heading for the sidebar. Type a title or use a variable: {CourseName} The name of the current course {OrgName} The name of the current organization
   File Type Icon	Select the File Type Icon check box to show icons indicating file types beside course topics in the sidebar.
   Module Name Display	Change the how module names appear. Variable choices are the same as for Box Title plus the following: {URLStart} Marks the beginning of a link {URLEnd} Marks the end of a link {Enumeration} The enumerated number of the current module or topic {ModuleLongTitle} The long title of the current module {ModuleShortTitle} The short title of the current module
   Topic Name Display	Change how the topic name appears. Variable choices are the same as for Module Name Display plus the following: {TopicLongTitle} The long title of the current topic {TopicShortTitle} The short title of the current topic

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Change module and topic enumeration

1. From the Manage Content page, in the Content Areas menu, click Settings.
2. Click Enumerations.
3. Make the changes you want to the enumeration settings for the course and click Save.

   Note  The table always displays four rows. If you have more than four levels, level four applies to all lower levels.

   Column	Description
   Level	The level column indicates the level in the hierarchy.
   Before Enumeration	Define additional text you want to appear before the module or topic enumeration. Add HTML tags to define the look and feel (for example, text size and color) of the enumeration and text before the enumeration.
   Enumeration	Choose the enumeration (number) style from the drop-down list. Note  If you choose the “no enumeration” option, a period (.) continues to appear until you delete it from the After Enumeration column.
   After Enumeration	Define additional text you want to appear after the enumeration and close the HTML tags you use in the Before Enumeration column.
   Restore Default	Click the Restore icon to restore the current enumeration to the default setting.

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Change default font settings

1. From the Manage Content page, in the Content Areas pane, click Settings.
2. Click HTML Editor.
3. Make the changes you want to the default font for the course using the Font Face and Font Size drop-down menus and click Save.

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Restore default display settings

1. Click Content on the navbar to access the Manage Content page.
2. Click Settings in the Content Areas pane.
3. In any section and for any field click the Restore icon and click Save.

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See also

• Adding a custom content homepage