Expanding and Collapsing the Course Menu

The course menu is the primary navigation feature in a course. The course menu is visible throughout the course and contains links to Course Tools and role-specific tools, such as Designer Tools, Instructor Tools, or My Tools (Student View). Users can access tools and their content by clicking the links on the course menu.

If the links are displayed as both icons and text, you can expand and collapse the menu as necessary. Collapsing the course menu increases the viewing area of the current screen. You can also expand and collapse the Course Tools, Designer Tools, Instructor Tools, or My Tools sections.

NOTE: The course menu collapses automatically if you click the link for the following tools: Learning Module, Mail, File Manager, or My Files. This automatically increases the viewing area of these tools.

Entire Course Menu

To expand or collapse the entire course menu, click the Expand or Collapse toggle. When the Course Menu is collapsed, it displays the icons only.

Course Tools, Designer Tools, Instructor Tools, or My Tools

To expand or collapse the Course Tools, Designer Tools, Instructor Tools, or My Tools (Student View), click the Expand or Collapse icon next to the heading. The following example only shows the Instructor Tools:

Or you may be able to minimize, or collapse, everything.  For example, this vertically-displayed menu is collapsed to nothing in order to provide the most viewing area