What you need to know about the Home Page is:

• Choice is yours: Pick from the Course Activity Stream, Course Modules, Assignments List, Syllabus or a Pages Front Page that you design to be the Home Page of your course
• Information at your fingertips: Users will see course navigation on the left, and the "To-Do" list and "Coming Up" on the right

Two more ways you can use the Home Page:

• Add Announcements by changing the course settings to allow up to 15 recent Announcements to show on the Home Page
• Guide students to the important areas of your course with banners, buttons, and text 

If you choose to create a Front Page in pages, here are list of items that are good to include according to Quality Learning & Teaching guidelines:

• the course name
• a short description of the course and its purpose (i.e. what students will learn in the course)
• the class meeting days and times
• the location of the class (if in-person)
• the course format (in-person / online / blended)
• how you will be using Canvas (i.e. to distribute materials, for submitting assignments, online discussions, etc.)
• information about how to contact you
• brief biographical information about you
• a picture of you