The Grade Snapshot Widget is a new feature that shows each student their current overall grade every time they enter your course, which will help students to keep better track of how they’re doing in their courses. In most courses, the Grade Snapshot will be added automatically without any action required by the instructor; however, if your course uses a custom Homepage layout, you will need to add the new widget manually.

There are two ways you can do this:

Option 1: Change the Homepage back to the default

If you inherited your course content from another instructor, it may have come with a custom Course Homepage that has had tools added or removed from the default layout. The Default homepage in new eConestoga course shells contains the following tools:

• Course Banner
• Announcements
• Updates
• Library Resource Centre
• Course Outline
• Calendar

If these tools meet your needs, you can swap your custom Homepage for the default option by following these steps:

1. If you aren't currently on your Course Homepage, click the course title at the top of the screen to return there.
2. Scroll to the bottom of your Course Homepage and click on the gear icon at the bottom right.
3. At the top of the screen, locate a drop-down box labeled Active Homepage. Click to open the drop-down and choose “-- Default --”, which should be the first option.
4. Click the Apply button to set this as your active Homepage.

Option 2: Add the Grade Snapshot tool to your custom Homepage

If you intentionally customized the Homepage for your course, or if you inherited a custom Homepage that you prefer over the default, you can add the Grade Snapshot to it by editing your custom Homepage.

1. If you aren't currently on your Course Homepage, click the course title at the top of the screen to return there.
2. Scroll to the bottom of your Course Homepage and click on the pencil icon at the bottom right.
3. Choose the region of your Homepage where you wish the Grade Snapshot to appear, and click the Add Widgets button for that region.

4. Locate the widget titled Grade Snapshot, check the box beside it, and then click the Add button.
5. By default, the Grade Snapshot will be added to the bottom of its region. However, you can move the Grade Snapshot Widget by clicking and dragging it into a different position in its own Region or a different Region entirely on the page.
6. When you're satisfied with the position of the Grade Snapshot, click Save and Close at the bottom of the page to save your new Homepage layout.