Streamline Course Experience with Customized Blackboard Banners
Enhance student experience by customizing Blackboard banners for all Northern College courses. Follow simple steps to personalize banners with course branding and images, providing a consistent navigation experience. Empower learners to focus on learning tasks without the hassle of searching for course materials. Watch the tutorial video and create engaging banners to support student satisfaction and retention.
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Customizing Blackboard Banner A standard course template for all Northern College courses: provides students with a consistent experience in terms of navigating their courses reduces exertion to figure out where to find materials and tools with each course they start can support persistence and satisfaction (by enabling focus on learning tasks, reducing confusion) To customize the banner for your complete the following steps. (LINK to VIDEO) 1 1. Select Faculty Resources from the left menu bar. 2 2. Choose the Blackboard Banner Template link 3 3. Login in using your College username and password. A PPT with the templates will open You will have view only access Northern College ~ Customizing Blackboard Banner
4 4. Choose File -> Save As from the top menu bar Download a Copy of the Blackboard Banner Templates PPT to your computer 5 5. You may be prompted to Download the presentation. 6 6. Go to your downloads or view your downloads to find the file and open it Northern College ~ Customizing Blackboard Banner
7. Choose one of the templates. You can add your own text to the template with Northern College branding images provided (Step 8) OR Add a course appropriate image and titles (Steps 9a and 9b) 7 8 Add Text Add the Course Name in the Title and the Course # in the Subtitle Add Image and Text 9a. Download a high-quality course appropriate image from pixabay, unsplash or pexels. 9b. Once the image is downloaded select the Add Image Icon. 9a Add Text Add Image and Text 9b Add Image and Text Example 10. From the PPT Menu Bar choose File -> Export 11. From the File Format Drop Down select JPEG 12. Select Current Slide Only 13. Make sure the Width and Height is 1680 x 251 10 11 12 13 Northern College ~ Customizing Blackboard Banner
14 14. From the Blackboard Menu Bar Select Customization 15. Choose Teaching Styles NOTE: Do not change the theme of the course for branding purposes all NC courses will use the same theme. 15 16 16. Scroll down to Select Banner 17. Check the Delete this banner option 18. Browse to the new banner you have saved on your computer 19. Type in a new description for learners using audio 20. Click Submit 21. Select the Announcements Button to see view the new uploaded Course Banner 17 18 19 20 21 Northern College ~ Customizing Blackboard Banner
