The central section of the Homepage of the course will contain Announcements and a My Calendar section. You should pay close attention to these two areas in order to stay on task with your online course.
Also on the Homepage, you will see a series of links on the left hand side of the page. These links are specific to the course but will contain information about the course such as the syllabus and instructor information; Unit and/or Chapter information; Assignments; and Tools to be used in the course.
You will need to click on the links, look around to see what the instructor has provided for you, and become familiar with navigation within the course in order to be successful.