---
title: "Add a Course Banner"
slug: "add-a-course-banner"
tags: ["banner", "image sizes"]
updated: 2026-02-06T09:33:51Z
published: 2026-02-06T09:33:51Z
canonical: "clickup-help.up.ac.za/add-a-course-banner"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://clickup-help.up.ac.za/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Add a Course Image

> As an instructor, you can upload an image to be the thumbnail in the Courses page at Base Navigation. It can also be the internal Course Image inside your Ultra courses.

## Why should I use a course image?

With course banners you:

> - Improve the way your Ultra Course View landing pages appear.
> - Improve student engagement and experience.
> - Bring consistency among what the Base Navigation displays and the actual course.
> - Help your students to differentiate between courses, and locate course details.
> - Make it easier for you to add a course schedule, and for your students to identify course faculty members and class meeting days, times, and location.

Faculty banners are available from [here](/v1/docs/up-faculty-banners).

## Prepare your course image

- Images with text don't scale well.
- For banners, the recommended visible width ranges from 1200 x 240 pixels.
- Do not add your course name on the banner because it will automatically display for the students.

![course_image](https://cdn.document360.io/8ea693b1-555d-4973-acf4-f29e9965c563/Images/Documentation/course_image.png)

- Abstract images or an image with a focus at the center work better for a banner, due to cropping variability.

## Set up a course Image

Choose an image for your course. The minimum recommended size for the banner image is: 1200pixels wide x 240 pixels high.

1. In your course, go to **Details and Action Panel**
2. Click on **Edit display settings** below **Course Image.**
3. Click on the icon to update the new image. ![Course Image Icon](https://cdn.document360.io/8ea693b1-555d-4973-acf4-f29e9965c563/Images/Documentation/Course%20Image%20Icon.png)
4. You have a choice to upload an image from your computer, or to use Stock images from Unsplash.
5. Upload the image file or drag and drop the image file.
6. Click on **Next**.
7. Position the image using your mouse buttons or arrow keys. You can also use the slider at the bottom of the window to zoom in and out.
8. Click on **Save**.
9. Add the aternative text or select the decorative text option.
10. If you want to show this image INSIDE your course, activate the **ON** button for the **Course Banner**.
11. The Course Image is always used as the **course card image** which is visible on the **Courses** page.
12. Click on **Save**.

[Read more ...](https://help.anthology.com/blackboard/instructor/en/course-and-content-management/set-up-courses/course-banner.html)

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