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Changing Your Course Image

Overview

Each course in D2L Brightspace has an image associated with it.  You can change this image by either selecting an image from D2L Brightspace’s image library, or by uploading your own image.

Selecting an Image from the Image Library

  1. Hover over the course image you would like to change in the My Courses widget.  Click the ellipses button that appears in the top-right corner of image and then click Change Image. This will take you to a new page.

    The My Course widget with a course dropdown expanded, highlighting the "Change Image" option
     

  2. Use the search bar to enter a keyword (e.g., nurses, skeleton) and then click the magnifying glass icon.  This will display all images that meet that keyboard.

    The Change Image pop-up window, with a red box around the search box.
     

  3. Search through the images.  When you find an image you like, hover over the image.  A button labeled Use this image will appear.  Click the button to make this the course image.  You will then return to the D2L Brightspace Home page.

    The Change Image pop-up with the term "skeleton" searched and a red box around the "Use this image" button on an associated image

Uploading an Image

  1. Hover over the course image you would like to change in the My Courses widget.  Click the ellipses button that appears in the top-right corner of image and then click Change Image. This will take you to a new page.

    My Courses widget with a course dropdown expanded, highlighting the "Change Image" option
     

  2. On the new page, click the Upload link in the top-right corner of the page.  This will take you to the Course Offering Information page.

    The "Change Image" pop-up with a red box around the "Upload" option
     

  3. On the Course Offering Information page, click the Browse button towards the top of the page.  This will open a pop-up window.

    The Course Offering Information page, with a red box around the "Browse" button under a Course Image heading
     

  4. Click My Computer to select a file from your computer.

    The Add a File pop-up window with a red box around the "My Computer" upload option
     

  5. Click the Upload button and find the image you would like to add.  

    NOTE: It is recommended that the image is 2400 by 960 pixels.

    The Add a File pop-up with a red box around the file "Upload" button
     

  6. Click the Add button in the bottom-left corner of the pop-up window. 

    The Add a File pop-up window, with a file uploaded and a red box around the "Add" button
     

  7. Click the Save button at the bottom of the Course Offering Information page to make the uploaded image the course image.