Step-By-Step
Adding a Course Banner
(Text version)

1. Instructors and TAs can add a image to the Announcement page of their Blackboard course site to serve as a banner.

2. To add an image banner to the Announcement page:

• Log into the Blackboard course site as usual.
• Go to Control Panel / Settings. This displays the Settings page.
• Click on the "Course Design / Course Banner" links. This displays the Course Banner form.
  
• If the course site currently contains a banner it will be displayed in the box marked "Current Banner".
• If you want to replace the old banner with a new banner or just remove the old banner, you must first remove it by checkmarking the box called "Remove this banner". Click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the display. A receipt will be displayed telling you that the course banner has been updated.
  
• To add a new banner, click on the "Browse" button. This will display your computer's file locater dialogue box. Using the dropdown box on the top of the file locator, locate the directory and folder that contains the image file you want to use as a banner. Click on the name of the file then click on the "Open" button on the file locator. The locator dialogue box will disappear and the path to the file will be located in the box next to the "Browse" button.
• Note that a course site banner image must be in either JPG or GIF or PNG format.
• Do not checkmark the box marked "Remove this banner" if you are posting a new banner. If an old banner exists you must first remove the old banner then return to the Course Banner page and add the new one.
• When finished, click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page. A receipt will be displayed telling you that the new course banner has been updated.
  
• Note that the course banner will only appear on the Announcements page which is, by default, the opening page of the course site. If you used the "Set Course Entry Point" function to select a different opening page the banner will not be posted on that page. Banners can only appear on the Announcements page.
  

If you have any questions or comments regarding this Step-By-Step procedure contact the Tufts Blackboard Administrator at: nhirsig@tufts.edu