Canvas: Add Image to Course Card

Summary

How to add an image to a Canvas course card.

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Considerations

  • For best practice, images should be approximately 262 pixels wide by 146 pixels high.
  • Accepted course card image formats include JPG, JPEG, GIF, and PNG.

Instructions

How to add an image to a course card: 

  1. Enter a Canvas course by clicking on its card on your Canvas Dashboard.
  2. In Course Navigation, scroll down to the bottom and click the Settings link.
  3. By default you should be on the Course Details tab.
  4. You will see a box for Image - click the Choose Image button.
  5. To upload your own image, either:
    • Drag and drop an image from your computer into your browser window where it says Upload Image, or
    • Click the Upload Image box to browse your computer and locate an image.
  6. Click the Update Course Details button.

If you do not have a course card image of your own to use, you can choose from the UTK Course Card Images we've compiled for you.

Details

Details

Article ID: 118401
Created
Thu 10/15/20 11:11 AM
Modified
Tue 12/2/25 9:31 AM
Environment
Canvas