WebCT How To

     Adding a banner to the top of your Art Gallery or Student Blog is very simple. In fact, you have three options:

1. No banner at all
2. A plain text banner
3. Uploading your own banner

If you cannot get to the Student Homepages, click here.

1. Select Modify/Add banner image from the drop-down menu.

2. Now your screen will look like this:

Notice that you have no banner at this time. Let's make a plain text banner first.

1. Select the Use Text option and type in the words you want to appear on the banner. Then press the [Continue] button.

2. Now you have a banner identical or similar to the one below.

Remember, you can have the banner say whatever you want.

     The text banners are okay, but I have always preferred something unique that no one else would have. There is a way for you, too, to have an individual banner on your page.

1. First you must find a banner that you like from the Internet (I would open a new Internet window so you do not lose WebCT). Go to a search engine (I prefer www.Google.com), and type something like "welcome banners". For the sake of keeping it simple, I will use this site.

2. Find the banner you like and right click on the image. Select Save picture as... and save the banner to your computer. I usually create a new folder in "My Documents" so that all my images are together in one place and easily accessible later on.

3. Now return to WebCT and select Modify/Add banner image from the drop-down menu.

4. This time, select the Upload a file option and press the [Continue] button.

5. Your screen should look like this now. Press the [browse] button.

6. Now you have to find your banner image on your computer. Select the image and press [Open].

7. Press the [Continue] button.

8. Now you have your own, unique banner. It will look like one of the following:

On tan background
On white background
On yellow background
On gray background

If you are ready to continue, let us move on to adding a Background.