2 different 'Content' tab views: 'continue' button+table of contents, or navigation sidebar+content

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Courtney.M.362
Courtney.M.362 Posts: 9 🔍
in Create - Set up your Brightspace course

Our courses have two different user experiences, and we want to make them consistent. The new content experience is enabled in all courses.

Course A: Clicking 'Content' shows you this view, with a table of contents visible on the left side at all times (see 'E3 101 Getting Started: About this module' image):

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Course B: Clicking 'Content' shows a 'sequence launcher' table of contents, with a 'Continue' button and progress indicators for the modules (see 'Instructional Design Strategies 101' image):

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But clicking on a lesson displays a simplified content-only view ("enhanced sequence view") - expandable navigation sidebar, arrows to navigate forward and backward, no nav bar (see 'About the Course' image):

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Is it possible to have the table of contents/continue button/progress indicators as they appear on the 'Content' page in Courses B, but display the lessons as they appear in Course A, with content navigation on the left?

Thanks!

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  • Johnny.B.962
    Johnny.B.962 Posts: 40
    edited March 19
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    @Courtney.M.362 the difference you are pointing out are tied to specific experiences/views with Content. While both are using the New Content Experience there's a separate New Learner Experience which determines how a student/learner sees Content. For the images of the courses that you've displayed, Course A is using the default learner experience, whereas Course B is using the New Learner Experience. To use either, as you have configured, uses the following CVB: d2l.Tools.Content.NewLearnerExperience ( OrgUnit ).

    Now, you have a great suggestion for a product improvement as there's no way to do what you are suggesting currently. In the Course B/New Learner Experience, the menu/Content navigation is truncated under the hamburger menu at the top of the page beside the "< Back to Content" link. So if you wanted to see that menu, it's just up there.

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    Otherwise, if you still feel like having the menu there more in line with Course A as you suggest, I would recommend checking out our Product Ideas Exchange (PIE) to submit this as an idea.

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    Hope that helps,

    -Johnny

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