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In this blog I will discuss the new Visual Table of Contents widget available for you to add to your course homepage in Falcon Online. But first I have a couple of reminders.

  1. Remember to update the Instructor Profile widget on the default course homepage. Review the Falcon Online Update - Instructor Profile Widget opens in new window  blog post for instructions on how to edit this widget.
  2. You may also consider adding the Welcome widget to your course homepage. You can review the Falcon Online Updates Welcome Widget opens in new window blog post for more information. IMPORTANT NOTE: This widget has been updated so that the default content will not show to students! Student will only see content for this widget once you have included the word "welcome" in a module name. Review the Welcome Widget Update opens in new window blog post for information on how to add this widget to your course homepage.

New Visual Table of Contents Widget

The new Visual Table of Contents (TOC) widget will display a card for each main module (not sub-modules). The module cards will display information from the module description and module completion progress as in this screenshot.

 

annotated view of the visual toc

Figure 1. Annotated Visual Table of Contents (TOC) Widget

 

Selecting the module title or image will open the module in the main table of contents view. Each module card has various selectable icons for other information as follows.

  1. If you include an image in the module description, it will show in the module card.
  2. NOTE: If you don't have an image in the module description, then a default image is displayed.
  3. When you select the information icon in the upper left corner of a module card, the card will flip over to to show the text description. On the back with the text description, a return arrow displays in the upper left corner of the card. Selecting that icon flips the card back to the front. NOTE: If you don't include a textual description then the information icon will not display.
  4. Selecting the double arrow icon in the upper right corner of a module card will open the next sequential topic requiring completion.
  5. A student progress indicator is displayed at the bottom of each module card. This displays a progress bar, percentage complete and count of topics out of the total topics completed.
  6. Once a module is complete, the double arrow in the upper right of the module card will change to a check and the progress indicator will display 100%
  7. Rather than display all the course module cards at once, which would make this widget quite large, there is a pagination control displayed at the bottom of the widget. Each page will display up to four module cards.

This video will demonstrate how to add  the widget to a custom homepage and the different features of the widget. NOTE: You may need to login with your DSC account to view this video.

Direct Link to video: Visual Table of Contents Widget (7:21) opens in new window

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Bill Harrison
Senior Instructional Technologist/Instructional Designer
Instructional Resources
bill.harrison@daytonastate.edu | 386.506.4306