diff --git a/example.json b/example.json
index e09aecf..dbc2d95 100644
--- a/example.json
+++ b/example.json
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@
   "_debugFile": ""
 }
 
+// course.json - _globals._extensions
+"_devtools": {
+  "_navButton": {
+    "ariaLabel": "Developer tools",
+    "_navOrder": 9000,
+    "_showLabel": true,
+    "navLabel": "Dev Tools"
+  },
+  "_navTooltip": {
+    "_isEnabled": true,
+    "text": "Developer tools"
+  }
+}
+
 /*
   _debugFile example (e.g. dev.json)
 
diff --git a/js/adapt-devtools.js b/js/adapt-devtools.js
index 85e52d8..7b3599e 100644
--- a/js/adapt-devtools.js
+++ b/js/adapt-devtools.js
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import wait from 'core/js/wait';
 import logging from 'core/js/logging';
 import location from 'core/js/location';
 import AdaptModel from 'core/js/models/adaptModel';
+import NavigationButtonModel from 'core/js/models/NavigationButtonModel';
+import NavigationButtonView from 'core/js/views/NavigationButtonView';
+import navigation from 'core/js/navigation';
+import tooltips from 'core/js/tooltips';
 import DevtoolsModel from './devtools-model';
 import PassHalfFail from './pass-half-fail';
 import ToggleBanking from './toggle-banking';
@@ -377,44 +381,37 @@ class DevtoolsView extends Backbone.View {
   }
 }
 
-class DevtoolsNavigationView extends Backbone.View {
+class DevtoolsNavigationButtonView extends NavigationButtonView {
 
-  initialize () {
-    this.render = this.render.bind(this);
-    const template = Handlebars.templates.devtoolsNavigation;
-    this.$el = $(template());
-    $('html').addClass('devtools-enabled').toggleClass('devtools-extended', Adapt.devtools.get('_extended'));
-    if (this.$el.is('a') || this.$el.is('button')) this.$el.on('click', this.onDevtoolsClicked.bind(this));
-    else this.$el.find('a, button').on('click', this.onDevtoolsClicked.bind(this));
-    this.listenTo(Adapt, 'pageView:postRender menuView:postRender', this.onContentRendered);
-    // ensure render occurs at least once (_isReady will not change to true on menus that exclude content objects)
-    this.listenToOnce(Adapt, 'pageView:postRender menuView:postRender', this.render);
-  }
-
-  render () {
-    $('.nav__inner').append(this.$el);
-    return this;
+  events () {
+    return {
+      click: 'onDevtoolsClicked'
+    };
   }
 
-  remove () {
-    this.$el.remove();
-    this.stopListening();
-    return this;
+  static get template() {
+    return 'devtoolsNavigationButton.jsx';
   }
 
-  deferredRender () {
-    _.defer(this.render);
+  attributes () {
+    return {
+      ...super.attributes(),
+      'data-tooltip-id': this.model.get('_id'),
+      'aria-haspopup': 'dialog'
+    };
   }
 
-  onContentRendered (view) {
-    if (view.model.get('_id') === location._currentId) {
-      this.stopListening(view.model, 'change:_isReady', this.deferredRender);
-      this.listenToOnce(view.model, 'change:_isReady', this.deferredRender);
-    }
+  initialize (options) {
+    super.initialize(options);
+    this.listenTo(Adapt, { remove: this.remove });
+    tooltips.register({
+      _id: this.model.get('_id'),
+      ...this.model.get('_navTooltip') || {}
+    });
   }
 
   onDevtoolsClicked (event) {
-    if (event && event.preventDefault) event.preventDefault();
+    event.preventDefault();
     drawer.openCustomView(new DevtoolsView().$el, false);
   }
 
@@ -426,13 +423,37 @@ Adapt.once('courseModel:dataLoaded', () => {
 
 function initNavigationView() {
   if (!Adapt.devtools.get('_isEnabled')) return;
-  if (navigationView) navigationView.remove();
-  navigationView = new DevtoolsNavigationView();
+  if (navigationView) navigation.removeButton(navigationView);
+  $('html').addClass('devtools-enabled').toggleClass('devtools-extended', Adapt.devtools.get('_extended'));
+  const devtoolsGlobals = Adapt.course.get('_globals')?._extensions?._devtools ?? {};
+  const {
+    ariaLabel = 'Developer tools',
+    _navOrder = 9000,
+    _showLabel = true,
+    navLabel = 'Dev Tools'
+  } = devtoolsGlobals._navButton ?? {};
+  const { _navTooltip = {} } = devtoolsGlobals;
+  const model = new NavigationButtonModel({
+    _id: 'devtools',
+    _order: _navOrder,
+    _showLabel,
+    _classes: 'nav__devtools-btn devtools__nav-btn',
+    _iconClasses: 'icon-cog',
+    _role: 'button',
+    ariaLabel: ariaLabel || navLabel,
+    text: navLabel,
+    _navTooltip
+  });
+  navigationView = new DevtoolsNavigationButtonView({ model });
+  navigation.addButton(navigationView);
 }
 
 Adapt.once('adapt:initialize devtools:enable', () => {
+  Adapt.on({
+    'router:contentObject': initNavigationView,
+    'app:languageChanged': initNavigationView
+  });
   initNavigationView();
-  Adapt.on('app:languageChanged', initNavigationView);
 });
 
 data.on('loaded', async () => {
diff --git a/less/devtools.less b/less/devtools.less
index 5a5cdc4..c826f58 100644
--- a/less/devtools.less
+++ b/less/devtools.less
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 .devtools {
-  // Nav icons
-  // --------------------------------------------------
-  &__nav-btn .icon {
-    .icon-cog;
-  }
-
   // Items
   // --------------------------------------------------
   &__item {
diff --git a/properties.schema b/properties.schema
index cc30ca6..6aa1046 100644
--- a/properties.schema
+++ b/properties.schema
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 {
-  "type":"object",
+  "type": "object",
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema",
   "id": "http://jsonschema.net",
-  "required":false,
-  "properties":{
+  "required": false,
+  "properties": {
     "pluginLocations": {
-      "type":"object",
-      "required":true,
-      "properties":{
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": true,
+      "properties": {
         "config": {
-          "type":"object",
+          "type": "object",
           "properties": {
             "_devtools": {
-              "type":"object",
-              "required":false,
+              "type": "object",
+              "required": false,
               "legend": "Dev tools",
-              "properties":{
+              "properties": {
                 "_isEnabled": {
-                  "type":"boolean",
-                  "required":false,
+                  "type": "boolean",
+                  "required": false,
                   "title": "Show dev tools in nav bar",
-                  "inputType": { "type": "Boolean", "options": [false, true]},
+                  "inputType": { "type": "Boolean", "options": [false, true] },
                   "validators": [],
                   "help": "Set to true to show 'dev tools' in the navigation bar. Remember to disable/uninstall before going live!"
                 }
@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@
           }
         },
         "course": {
-          "type":"object"
+          "type": "object"
         },
         "contentobject": {
-          "type":"object"
+          "type": "object"
         },
         "article": {
-          "type":"object"
+          "type": "object"
         },
         "block": {
-          "type":"object"
+          "type": "object"
         },
         "component": {
-          "type":"object"
+          "type": "object"
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/schema/course.schema.json b/schema/course.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..844e3f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/course.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+{
+  "$anchor": "devtools-course",
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "type": "object",
+  "$patch": {
+    "source": {
+      "$ref": "course"
+    },
+    "with": {
+      "properties": {
+        "_globals": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "default": {},
+          "properties": {
+            "_extensions": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "default": {},
+              "properties": {
+                "_devtools": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "title": "Dev Tools",
+                  "default": {},
+                  "properties": {
+                    "_navButton": {
+                      "type": "object",
+                      "title": "Navigation button",
+                      "default": {},
+                      "properties": {
+                        "ariaLabel": {
+                          "type": "string",
+                          "title": "Navigation button aria label",
+                          "default": "Developer tools",
+                          "_adapt": {
+                            "translatable": true
+                          }
+                        },
+                        "_navOrder": {
+                          "type": "number",
+                          "title": "Navigation bar order",
+                          "description": "Determines the order in which the button is displayed in the navigation bar. Negative numbers (e.g. -100) are left-aligned. Positive numbers (e.g. 100) are right-aligned.",
+                          "default": 9000
+                        },
+                        "_showLabel": {
+                          "type": "boolean",
+                          "title": "Enable navigation bar button label",
+                          "default": true
+                        },
+                        "navLabel": {
+                          "type": "string",
+                          "title": "Navigation bar button label",
+                          "default": "Dev Tools",
+                          "_adapt": {
+                            "translatable": true
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "_navTooltip": {
+                      "type": "object",
+                      "title": "Navigation tooltip",
+                      "default": {},
+                      "properties": {
+                        "_isEnabled": {
+                          "type": "boolean",
+                          "title": "Enable tooltip for navigation button",
+                          "default": true
+                        },
+                        "text": {
+                          "type": "string",
+                          "title": "Tooltip text",
+                          "default": "Developer tools",
+                          "_adapt": {
+                            "translatable": true
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/templates/devtoolsNavigation.hbs b/templates/devtoolsNavigation.hbs
deleted file mode 100644
index b8532eb..0000000
--- a/templates/devtoolsNavigation.hbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<button class="btn-icon nav__btn nav__devtools-btn devtools__nav-btn" data-order="9000">
-  <span class="icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
-</button>
diff --git a/templates/devtoolsNavigationButton.jsx b/templates/devtoolsNavigationButton.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a3be6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/devtoolsNavigationButton.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { classes, compile } from 'core/js/reactHelpers';
+
+export default function DevtoolsNavigationButton(props) {
+  const {
+    text,
+    _iconClasses
+  } = props;
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <span
+        className={classes([
+          'icon',
+          _iconClasses
+        ])}
+        aria-hidden="true"
+      />
+      <span
+        className="nav__btn-label"
+        aria-hidden="true"
+        dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: compile(text, props) }}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+}