Add a course summary and image

Add a course summary and image

Why use it?

The Course summary is useful to display a brief overview of your course contents and can be seen by anyone before they enter the course. The summary does not appear on the main course page, although it can be added as a block in the blocks drawer, whilst the Course image becomes the backdrop to the course page.

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Courses images displayed in the Moodle dashboard
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Course summary viewed before entering the course

 

Step 1: Add a course summary

An ideal word limit for the course summary is 100 words, and you should avoid exceeding 200 words if possible. The word count is displayed in the lower right corner.

Select Settings from the course menu.

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Course settings menu

Under Description, enter a short description into the Course summary text box then Save and display at the bottom of the page.

 

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Course summary with word count

 

Step 2: Add a course image

In the Settings menu options, locate the Course image upload menu. Either drag and drop an image or click on the upload icon to choose an image file. If an image is already displayed in the course summary, delete it by clicking on the image and selecting the Delete button. Once the image is updated, scroll to the bottom and click Save and display.

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Course image upload menu

Image size and ratio

Moodle course images typically use a 16:9 or 3:2 aspect ratio. If the source image is different to this, it can be cropped or resized using a graphics application. Images that do not confirm to this ratio may appear ‘cut off’. Images should be a minimum size of 800x450 pixels (16:9) or 800x533 pixels (3:2). Larger images can be used and will be scaled to fit.

Copyright

Guidance on using images according to copyright laws is available via LSE Library guidance Images, film and media guidance | LSE Library - LSE

You can find creative commons images on:

More information on multimedia copyright can be found on the Intellectual Property and Copyright section of our Moodle Baseline guides.

 

 

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