How do I add a banner to my course page?

[JulieMcCallum]

I am an instructor, and I cannot find a recent post that answers this with the options I have.  I want to add a banner to the top of my courses, but I'm having trouble figuring out how.  The most recent search I can find is from 2020, and I do not have the options mentioned.  Can anyone walk me through this?  Thank you. 

[Gabriel33 · Accepted solution]

It seems Canvas for Elementary has the option to add a banner to the course as a whole, but I don't think it is available in other Canvas instances:  How do I add an image to a subject card or banner ... - Instructure Community - 645015. Does this look like what you saw in the post you found from 2020?

What you can do in other Canvas instances is to add a banner to individual pages (so it won't be visible above the modules, for example), by simply adding a wide image in the Rich Content Editor:  How do I upload and embed an image in the Rich Con... - Instructure Community - 618228  

[Gabriel33 · Accepted solution]

It seems Canvas for Elementary has the option to add a banner to the course as a whole, but I don't think it is available in other Canvas instances:  How do I add an image to a subject card or banner ... - Instructure Community - 645015. Does this look like what you saw in the post you found from 2020?

What you can do in other Canvas instances is to add a banner to individual pages (so it won't be visible above the modules, for example), by simply adding a wide image in the Rich Content Editor:  How do I upload and embed an image in the Rich Con... - Instructure Community - 618228  

[JulieMcCallum]

Thanks for your response.  Yes, that was one of the posts I found.  I must not have Canvas for elementary (we're a K-12 building).  The Rich Content Editor looks like what you do when you make a Page?  I was hoping for it to be above the modules, but it sounds like that isn't doable.  Thanks for your help!

[JackieStoss · Accepted solution]

@JulieMcCallum - Correct, banners can only be added to pages through the Rich Content Editor. They cannot be added above Modules.

You could set a page as the homepage of your course that has a banner, and then students could navigate to Modules through the course navigation menu.