{"id":45,"date":"2020-12-10T16:22:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2023-09-08T13:46:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:46:56","slug":"changing-your-course-banner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/changing-your-course-banner\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Your Course Banner"},"content":{"rendered":"
The course banner image spans the top of course pages in D2L Brightspace<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>The banner \u202fimage is also the course thumbnail in the MyCourses widget <\/span><\/span>on the Brightspace homepage. You can select an image from the Brightspace image gallery or upload your own image. Choose an image that says something unique about your course. Students may come to associate the banner image with the course.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Related Support Page: <\/strong>Customizing Your Homepage and Widgets<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n NOTE:\u00a0<\/strong>PNG image files are currently not working for Banner images.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n NOTE:\u00a0<\/strong>Course banner images should be 1200 x 200 pixels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Example of a Brightspace course banner:<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n There are a number of royalty-free and\/or creative commons licensed images you can use for your Brightspace course site.<\/p>\n Check out some additional ideas below:<\/p>\n A number of free, stock images are available for use in your teaching and learning. Visit the links below and search for images to use in your content. Be sure to review the relevant use guidelines and specifications.<\/p>\n Web Services at 杏吧原创 also has an informative page on image use for the web, including additional sites for free images. See their page, The Ultimate Guide to Finding Images for Your Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n NOTE: <\/strong>If you have pinned the course, the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>[<\/span><\/span>\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/strong>]<\/span><\/span>\u00a0button will appear slightly toward the middle rather than right.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n TIP: <\/strong>You can search\u00a0<\/span><\/span>images\/ topics within the course image library\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>eg.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Chemistry)<\/span><\/span>\u00a0to focus your search.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n TIP:\u00a0 <\/strong>If you are uploading your own image, banner dimensions must be 1200 x 200<\/span><\/span>\u00a0pixels<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n Your chosen image will now appear as your course banner on your course page and Brightspace homepage.<\/p>\n
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