Edit Course Navbar in Brightspace

The blue navigation bar (Navbar) that appears across the top of your course site provides easy access to the various tools of your course to you and your students. Tools that you will not be using in your course should be removed from the Navbar to avoid confusion. Others can be added and the order can be changed.  Customize your course Navbar using these steps.

  1. On your course homepage, hover over the right end of the Navbar to make the 3 dots visible. Click on them and select Customize This Navbar. Then click “Yes” in the confirmation pop-up box. (If you’ve done this before, you’ll see “Edit This Navbar” in the drop-down list, instead.)
    select Customize This Navbar in the drop-down menu of the three dots
  2. To remove an item from the Navbar, click the “X” for that item, or if the item is under Course Tools, click Course Tools, then the “X” to the right of the item you want to remove, and then Save.
    X to the right of Discussions
    X to the right of Checklist
  3. Click Save and Close.

IMPORTANT: Do not remove Course Admin from your Navbar. Students do not see this item and it allows you to access the Course Admin tool.

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