Brightspace Content is Getting Upgraded
Beginning with the Fall 2027 semester, Brightspace courses will begin using the New Content Experience by default. Additionally, Instructors now have the ability to enable or disable the New Content Experience in their own courses ahead of the change in Fall 2027. For more information about this transition, see our New Content Experience Transition page.
A banner image on the course homepage will draw attention to the course with image rather than text only. When choosing a banner, it should be a wide image so that it displays well. A tall or square image will be significantly cropped.
Note that Brightspace recommends (but doesn’t require) a specific image size for the ideal display quality: 2400 x 960 pixels.
Good banner shape:
Adding a Course Banner Image
1. In the NavBar, click Course Admin.
2. Once you are in the Course Admin tab, click on Course Offering information.
3. Click the Browse button to locate the image file on your computer. Check the box below to “display the image in a banner on the course homepage.”
4. Click Save to make the banner visible.
5. If at any time you want to change the banner, click the X next to the current banner’s file name. This will delete the current banner and allow you to upload a new one.
