{"id":1051,"date":"2011-09-02T16:52:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T21:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2011-09-02T16:52:30","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T21:52:30","slug":"bb-tip-45-add-a-course-banner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-45-add-a-course-banner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bb Tip #45: Add a Course Banner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can personalize your course by adding a banner to your course. A course banner is an image that appears at the top of the course entry point of your course. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow these steps to do it.<\/strong><br \/>\nTo add a banner click on [Customization] in the control panel to expand it. Then click on [Style]. In the Select Banner options, click the [Browse My Computer] button and navigate to the desired image on your computer. Select the desired image file and click [Open]. Click [Submit] when you are done.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: The recommended size for course banner images is 480 X 80 pixels (8 inches X 1.25 inch). You can create a course banner using PowerPoint. Step-by-step instructions are available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more information?<\/strong><br \/>\nStep-by-step instructions for adding a course banner are available [<a title=\"Add Course Banner\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/Course_Banner.pdf\" target=\"_self\">PDF<\/a>].<br \/>\nStep-by-step instructions for creating banners using PowerPoint for Windows [<a title=\"Create Banner-Win\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/Create_Course_Banner_PowerPoint-Win.pdf\" target=\"_self\">PDF<\/a>] and Mac [<a title=\"Create Banner-Mac\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/Create_Course_Banner_PowerPoint-Mac.pdf\" target=\"_self\">PDF<\/a>] are available.<br \/>\nVisit the <a title=\"Bb FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blackboard FAQs<\/a> for additional blackboard information<br \/>\nor <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a> or call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can personalize your course by adding a banner to your course. A course banner is an image that appears at the top of the course entry point of your course. Follow these steps to do it. To add a banner click on [Customization] in the control panel to expand it. Then click on [Style]. <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-45-add-a-course-banner\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Bb Tip #45: Add a Course Banner\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[37,173],"class_list":{"0":"post-1051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blackboard","7":"tag-banner","8":"tag-image","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-gX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7851,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-139-course-banners\/","url_meta":{"origin":1051,"position":0},"title":"Bb Tip #139: Course Banners","author":"Janice Florent","date":"August 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"You can personalize your course by adding a banner to your course. 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