💡 This guide is for Original view courses and organisations. For Ultra view, please visit Ultra: Course Banner guide.

Contents

• Banner size recommendations
• How to add a banner image
• Creating a banner image using PowerPoint

Banner size recommendations

• The minimum recommended size for the banner image is: 1200 x 240 pixels (31.75 cm x 6.35 cm)
• Images with text may not scale well. So consider using abstract images and keep the text centre align

How to add a banner image

Step 1: In your Blackboard course organisation, scroll down to Control Panel > Customisation > Teaching Style.

Step 2: Towards the bottom of the page, under SELECT BANNER, click on Browse My Computer to locate and upload the image file you wish to use as a banner.

Step 3: Press Submit, and the image will now appear at the top of your course landing page.

Creating a banner image using PowerPoint

Use this Simple PowerPoint banner template to generates a 1200 x 240 pixel image; see the notes on the slide for instructions.

Or follow the steps below to create your own:

Step 1: Open a new presentation.

Step 2: Click Design, then Slide Size and Custom Slide Size.

Step 3: Enter 31.75 cm as width, and 6.35 cm as height.

Step 4: Add images and text to the PowerPoint slide as desired. (keep content centre align).

Step 5: When done, save the PowerPoint file as image (JPEG or PNG).

Step 6: You will see this dialogue box: choose Just this one.

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Page last updated on June 30, 2023 by Asif Muhammad