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Dear Andy, A while ago I went through each course, and changed the course landing pages to modules, as it was less text like and presented the students with more key college information within the main area they use, their course. The cross college modules I use(created via HTML option) are, accessibility and careers information. Then all see that courses announcement, used to have calendars and sometimes tasks. There are some specific modules for different levels and curriculums. Modules are great for updating something once, and this is then updated in its many locations. In 2 years I have only had one tutor who wanted the landing page reverted back to announcements. I obliged, but only after discussion. I believe if not managed well, the announcement tool, can become cluttered I don't tend to use those notification type modules you mentioned, as yes they can be slow. But I also can't imagine a lot of students wanting to see them. Another module that is useful is for the channels / RSS feeds. But you have to be careful, as Blackboard is fussy about the RSS feed type. But great for getting news to the course page with minimum effort Hope this helps Regards Ty From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andy Hagyard Sent: 16 July 2014 13:40 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Using modular home page as course landing page in templates Dear all Following feedback from staff and students, we are considering amending our standard template for course creation so that the entry page is a module page (rather than 'announcements' as at present). However, colleagues in ICT have expressed concern that this will have a negative impact on overall performance because of the time taken to build the modules with dynamic content (e.g. What's New) I'd be interested to know the experiences of other institutions: - Do you use a module page as the standard course entry point? - If so, does this have any impact on page loading times? Many thanks Andy Andy Hagyard Senior Lecturer in Educational Development University of Lincoln http://staff.lincoln.ac.uk/ahagyard The University of Lincoln, located in the heart of the city of Lincoln, has established an international reputation based on high student satisfaction, excellent graduate employment and world-class research. The information in this e-mail and any attachments may be confidential. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and remove it from your system. Do not disclose the contents to another person or take copies. Email is not secure and may contain viruses. The University of Lincoln makes every effort to ensure email is sent without viruses, but cannot guarantee this and recommends recipients take appropriate precautions. The University may monitor email traffic data and content in accordance with its policies and English law. Further information can be found at: http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/legal. [Northbrook Footer]<http://www.northbrook.ac.uk/opendays/> This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be error-free or secure as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, or could arrive late or incomplete, or the email may be affected by viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, or viruses, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Northbrook College Sussex, Littlehampton Road, Goring-By-Sea, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 6NU. Tel 0845 155 60 60