{"id":1209,"date":"2017-02-09T10:30:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T15:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spsfaculty.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2017-02-09T10:30:50","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T15:30:50","slug":"replacing-the-banner-in-your-spring-2017-course-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/2017\/02\/09\/replacing-the-banner-in-your-spring-2017-course-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Replacing the Banner in Your Spring 2017 Course Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the Spring semester begins, you may be have heard from students that your course banner is not displaying. It\u2019s true &#8211; unfortunately, due to a glitch in the Blackboard upgrade that occurred over winter break, most course banners are not displaying to students and need to be re-uploaded. It\u2019s important that you re-upload your banner even if it displays normally to you, because it may still not be appearing to your students.<\/p>\n<p>There are instructions on how to replace your banner below, but you can also watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CTIwSBnjy0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this short video tutorial<\/a> covering the same information.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing you need to do is get the image file for your banner. If it is saved to your computer, you\u2019re all set and can jump to the instructions below. If not, you can download your banner file either from your Spring 2017 site (if it is visible to you there), your Dev site, or a previous live (semester) site.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spsfaculty.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/files\/2017\/02\/pic1.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1211\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spsfaculty.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/files\/2017\/02\/pic1-175x300.png?resize=175%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To <b>download the banner file<\/b>, go to the Announcements page. Right click on the banner image, select \u201cSave Image As\u201d and save the image file to your computer.<\/p>\n<p>To <b>re-upload the banner<\/b> to your Spring 2017 site, scroll down to the \u201cControl Panel\u201d on the course menu. Click on \u201cCustomization,\u201d and then on \u201cTeaching Style.\u201d Scroll down to the \u201cSelect Banner\u201d section. Tick the box that appears next to \u201cDelete this banner\u201d and click on \u201cBrowse My Computer.\u201d Select the file for your banner and click \u201copen\u201d in the pop-up window. Then click on \u201cSubmit\u201d to save the banner file in your course site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spsfaculty.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/files\/2017\/02\/2017-02-01_1500.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1213 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spsfaculty.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/files\/2017\/02\/2017-02-01_1500-300x131.png?resize=539%2C235&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a>Please <a href=\"mailto:facultysupport@sps.cuny.edu\">get in touch<\/a> if you have any questions about this issue, or the steps described above.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great start of the semester!<br \/>\nAntonia &amp; Krystyna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Spring semester begins, you may be have heard from students that your course banner is not displaying. It\u2019s true &#8211; unfortunately, due to a glitch in the Blackboard upgrade that occurred over winter break, most course banners are not displaying to students and need to be re-uploaded. 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