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Home Screen Customisation

This guide covers how you can customise your Students’ Union App home screen via SUMS.

The SU App home screen is made up of tiles that direct the user to various areas within the app, and external URLs if needed, such as your SU website.

How can I customise my app home screen?

Navigate to the Students’ Union App module and you will see a direct reflection of the tiles currently shown on your app home screen.

From here you can add, move and delete tiles to modify how your home screen looks and what functions are available to your members.

The image above provides examples of some of the types of tiles you could have, such as those with and without images.

How do I add a new tile?

To add a new tile, scroll to the bottom of the app home screen and select ‘+Add’.

You will have the following options to build your tile in the way you need:

  1. Title
  2. Subtitle - additional text to be shown on the tile, such as ‘Tap here to vote in our elections!’
  3. Icon
  4. Tile Size (full or half size)
  5. Background image - you will need to enter the URL of an image. You can use the File Manager within SUMS to upload the images you require
  6. Background colour - this will apply an overlay if you have also added a background image, similar to the example shown below:

  1. Title colour
  2. Subtitle colour

The final option for your tile is where you want it to navigate to:

  • A specific area of the app - all areas of the app will be available for you to select from, including options held within the 'My Union' section, such as viewing tickets and memberships
  • An external URL, such as a page on your SU website

Ensure you click 'Update' to save any new tiles - any changes will be reflected as soon as someone enters the app or refreshers their home screen.

Please note: If you haven't added a background colour to a tile with an image, a grey overlay will appear when viewing the home screen layout on SUMS, but no overlay will be reflected on the app itself.

Can I create a tile for advertising purposes?

You can create a tile that has just an image (with no background colour/overlay) and links to an external URL if you need to hold a space for advertising purposes.

How can I change the layout of the tiles on the screen?

You can click and drag the tiles to adjust their layout on your home screen. You can do this at any point without the need to add or remove any tiles from the screen.

Ensure you click 'Update' to save your updated tile layout.

How do I remove an existing tile?

To remove a tile, hover over the one you want to delete and click the white ‘Remove’ icon.

A pop-up will show asking you to confirm that you would like to delete the tile.

Ensure you click 'Update' to save your updated tile layout.

Updated on 20th November 2025