Managing Course Cards

Course Cards appear on the Home page for you and your students, but they display slightly different things. As they're one of the first things that students see upon signing into Pearson Connexus, so it's worth taking some time to make sure they show what you want.

Course Cards can display:

1. A course title, term, color, and image: These are all managed through the Editor (see instructions below).
2. Students grade/score: The Course Card displays the student's grade. You can define in what form (letter grade, points, or percentage) the grade is displayed (see instructions below).
3. Course progress: If a course is set up to display student progress, students see a progress bar that indicates how many of the gradable activities they have completed. To remove this, check the Hide student course-completion percentage box in the Editor > Settings > Gradebook > Options (see instructions below).

Manage Course Card title, term, color, and image

To manage the the course title, term, color, and image that appears on a Course Card:

1. Open the Editor tool.
2. Select Course settings from Tools in the toolbar.

3. Define the Title, Term, and Start and End dates.
4. Upload a course image.
   • Recommended thumbnail file type: PNG or JPG (Pearson Connexus converts all files into PNGs)
   • Ideal thumbnail size: 400px x 400px (Pearson Connexus automatically resizes images, so uploading images smaller than 400px x 400px may reduce quality)
5. Assign a course color using its hexadecimal number.
6. Select Save.

Manage Course Card grade display

To manage the way grades are displayed on a Course Card:

1. Open the Editor tool.
2. Select Course settings from Tools in the toolbar.

Hide course completion indicator

To hide the course completion indicator:

1. Open the Editor tool.
2. Select Course settings from Tools in the toolbar.

3. Check the Hide student course-completion percentage box on the Advanced options card.
4. Select Save.

Hide Course Cards

Pearson allows you to hide and show all of your course's Course Cards. To do so:

1. Select Manage Courses in your Home page toolbar.
   
2. Check the boxes next to the Course Cards you want to hide.
3. Select Close.

Note: When you hide a Course Card, course and student data is also hidden in the People, Gradebook, Needs Grading, Clipboard, or Calendar tools until the card is restored. The course will also not appear in the Course List in the Main Menu.