Advanced Customization

There are multiple places that allow advanced customization. Here we are covering a few examples.   

1.Dashboard Welcome Panel 

Using predefined placements, a welcome panel can be added to the user's dashboard. In the welcome panel, a custom message can be placed. In this panel, conditional messages can be added based upon the user's group membership, course enrollment, program membership, etc.

Example - Adding a Group-specific Message

 Velocity script can be placed to check the user's group membership and based on that, a group-specific message can be presented on the user's dashboard. 

In the screen below a generic message is placed that will be presented to all users, and then a conditional message is placed for sales team members only. 

The welcome panel is added using HOME_TOP_PANEL placement and below the message with group membership condition is placed. 

There are many other conditions that can be checked including a user's program membership, course membership, and based on that, a specific message can be presented. 

The welcome panel can also be used for placing tutorial/orientation videos or links for user guides etc.

2. My Items widget - Changing the Default Tab

In the My Items panel, by default, enrolled courses appear as the first tab. Using the CMS, a data source can be created using the name 'dashboard.js' and the below code can be added to make Enrolled Program as the first tab. 

Code:

3. Custom Navigation

A custom navigation menu can be created using Site Admin -> Placements -> V2 Navigation. That provides flexibility to arrange the menu links in the order you want. It also allows you to create new items in the navigation menu.

Custom menu example:

Example Code for V2 Navigation: In this example, the first default menu items are placed; after that additional links are added in the navigation menu if the user is a guest or learner (ie: Not Admin or Site Admin).