Images and Videos for a Course or Program#
The About page for a course or program includes both a representative image and a short About video. The course or program image also appears in places such as learner dashboards and search engine results.
For information about how to add your course title and number, see Creating a New Course.
Representative Image Guidelines#
A representative image is an eye-catching, colorful image that captures the essence of a course or program. These images are visible in the following locations.
The About page.
The learner dashboard.
Search engine results.
When you create a course or program image, keep the following guidelines in mind.
The image must not include text or headlines.
You must have permission to use the image. Possible image sources include Flickr creative commons, Stock Vault, Stock XCHNG, and iStock Photo.
Each course in a sequence or program must have a unique image.
Image Size Guidelines#
Images must follow specific size guidelines.
Course Image Size#
The course image that you add in Studio appears on the About page for the course and on the learner dashboard. It must be a minimum of 378 pixels in width by 225 pixels in height, and in .jpg or .png format. Make sure the image that you upload maintains the aspect ratio of those dimensions so that the image appears correctly on the dashboard.