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Blackboard 8: Customizing Your Course

How do I customize my Blackboard course?
Solution

The other elements of the Course Menu can be amended by using the new Course Design option in the Control Panel:

Course Menu Design: Change color of menu and button layout.
Managed Menu Display Options: Change default layout for this course site to be Quick or Detail View.
Manage Tool Panel: Choose which tools are displayed with the panel and also the background and text colors of the panel.
Course Banner: Add a personal touch to your course with a course banner/image. See steps below.

Adding a Banner

To personalize your course further, one option is to add a banner to the announcements page. The banner can be a text phrase or an image but must be in .gif or .jpg format.

1. To add a banner, go into the control panel of your course and click Course Design link in the Course Options area.
2. Click on the Course Banner link.

3. Browse to find your banner. Click Submit to save your changes.

Setting the Course Entry Point

By default the entry point to a Blackboard course site is the Announcements page, however this can be amended. To set the entry point:

1. Go into the control panel of the course site, and click on the Settings option in the Course Options area.
2. Click on the Course Entry Point option.

3. From the Entry Point drop-down list, choose which content area or tool you would like to set as the new entry point. Click Submit to save your changes.

Tip:

The new course entry point may not take effect immediately. If this happens, clear your browser's cache or close and re-open the browser to see your changes.

This Blackboard tutorial is also available as a video(Flash Player required) or as a downloadable PDF (Adobe Reader required).

Customizing Your Course Video Tutorial

Customizing Your Course PDF Tutorial

Click here to download a PDF version of this tutorial.

For a complete list of ITS Blackboard tutorials, please visit www.nyu.edu/its/blackboard/tutorials.

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1. To add a banner, go into the control panel of your course and click Course Design link in the Course Options area. 2. Click on the Course Banner link.
	3. Browse to find your banner. Click Submit to save your changes.

1. Go into the control panel of the course site, and click on the Settings option in the Course Options area. 2. Click on the Course Entry Point option.
	3. From the Entry Point drop-down list, choose which content area or tool you would like to set as the new entry point. Click Submit to save your changes.