To ensure a linear progression through a course for learners, hide the course's left course navigation.

A course's left course navigation can be hidden when viewed through an LMS by making a change to the course theme. Only System Administrators or Graphic Designers may update themes.


Add the following code to a theme's custom CSS to hide the left course navigation for learners and users who are viewing the content from within an LMS.


.in-iframe .full-menu { display: none; }
.in-iframe .skip-nav-container { z-index: 10; position: relative; background: #fff;}
.in-iframe .container { background-image: none; }
.in-iframe .full-menu + .content { width: 100%; max-width: 1200px; }
.in-iframe .header .heading { padding: 7px; }


To hide the left course navigation for all users, including users who are viewing or editing content within CourseArc, use the following code: 


.full-menu { display: none; }
.skip-nav-container { z-index: 10; position: relative; background: #fff;}
.container { background-image: none; }
.full-menu + .content { width: 100%; }
.header .heading { margin-left: 400px; padding: 7px; }


For more information, refer to How do I create a theme?.


Learner navigation with left course navigation hidden (cumulative scoring)

When the left course navigation is hidden, learners can still navigate and view progress in any course module.

  1. At the bottom of every page, there are forward (>>) and back buttons (<<); and links to the previous and next page (e.g., Vocabulary and Pre-Assessment).
  2. Jump to any page within the module by clicking the More Information link and selecting a page from the View Scores table.

Learner navigation with left course navigation hidden (participation scoring)

When the left course navigation is hidden with participation scoring enabled, learners can still navigate and view progress in any course module.

  1. At the bottom of every page, there are forward (>>) and back buttons (<<); and links to the previous and next page (e.g., Vocabulary and Pre-Assessment).
  2. Jump to any page within the module by clicking the See What's Left link and selecting a page from the View Scores table.


Learner navigation with left course navigation hidden (no tracking or grading)

When the left course navigation is hidden and no tracking or grading is enabled, learners can still navigate and view progress in any course module.

At the bottom of every page, there are forward (>>) and back buttons (<<); and links to the previous and next page (e.g., Vocabulary and Pre-Assessment).


Moodle with left course navigation hidden


Canvas with left course navigation hidden
Blackboard with left course navigation hidden