Add Banner Image to Your Class

In continuing with the topic of customization, buttons are not the only thing that can be changed about your class.

Click on Customization.

 

1. Click on Teaching Style. It will open a list of options, scroll down to section 6 to upload banner.

2.  Click on Browse My Computer to find the image you want to upload. The recommended measurement for a banner is: 1000 px X 200-250 px.

3. Once you find the image, select the image and click open. The file will be attached. You can click Do not attach, if you clicked the wrong file.

4. When you have selected the right file and it has been attached to Blackboard. Scroll down to section 7 and click submit.

5. After clicking submit, you will be taken to the customization tab. It show a message in green saying: "Success: Course Style updated."

6. Go to the homepage to see the new banner that your students will see when they visit your course.

Note: Make sure to use an image that will meet the recommended measurements.

Customizing Buttons

 Change the color of your course buttons and help students immediately recognize your course.

  

The options for button colors are separated into patterns, striped, and solid colors. You are also able to select whether the buttons have squared, rounder corners or round buttons.

1.       Go to Control Panel below the words "Course Management".  In the Control Panel à Customization à Teaching Style section.

2.       Section  choose color pattern or text/buttons

3. When you find a style and color that meets the desired look of your course. Scroll down and click Submit.

4. Let us look at the difference: