Course Name, Description and Image

A cover image and course description are essential elements for learners to identify the course.

Edit Course Name

1. Select the desired course in Studio

2. Select Settings > Schedule & Details

3. Locate 'Course Name', edit and click on Save

Add a Short Description

1. Select the desired course in Studio

2. Select Settings > Schedule & Details

3. Locate 'Course Short Description' under 'Introducing your Course'

4. Add the short description of your course in the text box

5. Save

Course Short Description Guidelines

An effective short description follows these guidelines.

• Contains 25–50 words.

• Functions as a tagline.

• Conveys compelling reasons to take the course.

• Follows search engine optimization (SEO) guidelines.

• Targets a global audience.

Add a Long Description

1. Select the desired course in Studio

2. Select Settings > Schedule & Details

3. Locate 'Course Overview' under 'Introducing your Course'

4. Add the long description of your course in the text box

5. Save

Long Description Best Practices:

An effective long description follows these guidelines.

• Contains 150–300 words.

• Is easy to skim.

• Uses bullet points instead of dense text paragraphs.

• Follows SEO guidelines.

• Targets a global audience.

Example Long Description:

To obtain the above long description, copy and paste the template below:

<h3>About this course</h3>
<p>Add the long description of the course here.</p>
<p>Here is the second paragraph of the long description of your course.</p>

<h3>Prerequisites</h3>
  <p>Add information about required course prerequisites here.</p>

<h3>Instructors</h3>
<article class="teacher">
    <div class="teacher-image">
      <img src="/static/images/placeholder-faculty.png" align="left" style="margin:0 20 px 0" alt="Course Staff Image #1">
    </div>

    <h3>Instructor #1</h3>
    <p>Title and biography of instructor #1.</p>
  </article>

  <article class="teacher">
    <div class="teacher-image">
      <img src="/static/images/placeholder-faculty.png" align="left" style="margin:0 20 px 0" alt="Course Staff Image #2">
    </div>

    <h3>Instructor #2</h3>
    <p>Title and biography of instructor #2.</p>
  </article>

Add a Course Card Image (Thumbnail)

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.

1. Select your course in Studio

2. Select Settings > Schedule & Details

3. Locate Course Card Image and select 'Upload Course Card Image'

4. Save