Are Welcome Windows recurring or do they only appear when a student visits the course initially?

Question

Do welcome widgets pop up every time a student enters the course or does it only pop up when the stduent opens the course for the first time? If it only pops up the first time, is it possible to configure it to pop up every time a student enters the course?

Julia.P.6519 · Answer

Hi @Mayra.S.5890,

Thanks for reaching out to Brightspace!

The Welcome Widgets only pop up if the student enters the Course Homepage for the first time. Once they dismiss the window, it won't pop up again.

At this time, there's no option to turn off dismissals for widgets. However, if you feel it will be beneficial, you are more than welcome to share on our Product Idea Exchange!

Johnny.B.6079 · Answer

@Mayra.S.5890, the Welcome widget will be displayed to a student every time they land on the course homepage, unless they click through the "Next" button through all pages that are being displayed. That will cause the widget to no longer present the pop-up, unless they explicitly hit the button on the widget to relaunch it (or there are additional pages/updates made to the materials in the linked "Welcome" module in Content).

Hope that helps!

-Johnny

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