Welcome to the Blackboard Mailbag, where we feature a commonly asked question that has been hitting our mailbox recently: blackboard@fordham.edu. You’ll find an archive of all of the previous questions and answers on our fordham.edu/blackboard website.
Note: Features may change with future updates.
Every semester we get requests from instructors to change their course descriptions. A student (or instructor) will typically see the course description when they click the More Info dropdown on their Blackboard homepage:
The course description is not something we (in EdTech) can change. This text comes from your department or dean and in order to have it revised, you’ll need to speak to your departmental chair who can then make a request in Banner to have the course description altered.
While instructors can’t change their course descriptions on their own, they can tweak the aesthetics of their course banner – the image above the course content area – by going to Course Image > Edit display settings:
After clicking on Edit display settings, you can click the image icon to select an image to use as your banner:
For additional FAQs and resources about Blackboard, visit fordham.edu/blackboard, attend one of our workshops, sign up to meet with us on our EdTech Consultation Calendar via Zoom, or reach out to us with your availability and we will work with you to accommodate small groups and one-on-one sessions.
Have feedback or suggestions on features? Blackboard’s parent company Anthology hosts The Idea Exchange. This is a place specifically for Blackboard to track and manage enhancement requests. It allows for things like upvoting ideas and sharing development plans and statuses. You will need to create an account to access the Idea Exchange.