Create a homepage with an external URL

An external URL homepage displays a web page external to your organization as the course homepage.

  1. On the navbar, click edit.editcourse Course Admin > Homepages > Create Homepage.
  2. Enter a name and description for your homepage.
  3. In the Type drop-down list, select External URL.
  4. Enter the URL location you want to use as your course homepage.
  5. Click Save and Close.

You can use a replace string to populate an external URL for an org unit. If you configure a homepage URL as follows: https://www.bing.com/search?q={OrgUnitId}, the replace string is populated with the users current OrgUnitId when the homepage is accessed.