The course Home page is the first thing your students will see when they enter your course! Many instructors choose to have a paragraph or two welcoming students to the course and providing them with a brief overview of what to expect. Feel free to use your course description, outline some of your expectations, or just welcome students to the class.

However you choose to use your Welcome page, keep a few principles in mind:

Your welcome page should explicitly tell students how to get started
The welcome page is a "living document," and should be changed throughout the course to reflect the progress of the course, evolving priorities, and needs demonstrated by students common questions and issues

The course template has a Welcome page ready for you to customize. Some further ideas and resources you might find useful:

Use tables inserted in the Rich Content Editor to layout weeks of projects.
Link to weekly course modules or pages in the course.
Include a video welcome recorded within the Canvas page.
How do I use the Course Home Page as an instructor?
What layout options are available in the Course Home Page?
How do I create a page in Canvas (Links to an external site.)
How do I set a page to be the front page in my course?