{"id":639,"date":"2014-05-16T13:21:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T13:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/?p=639"},"modified":"2014-05-16T13:59:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T13:59:12","slug":"first-look-instantly-change-the-colour-scheme-of-your-blackboard-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/2014\/05\/16\/first-look-instantly-change-the-colour-scheme-of-your-blackboard-course\/","title":{"rendered":"First look: Instantly change the colour scheme of your Blackboard course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we<a title=\"Blackboard Summer Downtime 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/2014\/02\/07\/blackboard-summer-downtime-2014\/\"> upgrade Blackboard this summer<\/a> you will be able to change the colour scheme used within your course with two clicks.<\/p>\n<p>With the new version of Blackboard, instructors will have the opportunity to change the colour scheme of their course from a preset selection. This can be accessed by clicking on the theme icon and choosing a theme from the drop down list that appears.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_643\" style=\"width: 305px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/05\/cotheme1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-643\" class=\"size-full wp-image-643\" alt=\"Course Theme Icon\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/05\/cotheme1.gif\" width=\"295\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Course Theme Icon<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/05\/cotheme2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-640\" alt=\"Course Theme Dropdown\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/05\/cotheme2.gif\" width=\"282\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" id=\"attachment_640\" style=\"width: 292px\">\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Course Theme Dropdown<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Having chosen the theme it will be applied to the course and visible to all course users. \u00a0Some themes are rather garish and so should be chosen with care and attention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/05\/cotheme3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-641\" alt=\"cotheme3\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/05\/cotheme3.gif\" width=\"598\" height=\"442\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below is a preview of the various themes that will be available.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_642\" style=\"width: 1532px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/05\/cotheme4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-642\" class=\"size-full wp-image-642\" alt=\"All the themes\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/05\/cotheme4.png\" width=\"1522\" height=\"2132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/05\/cotheme4.png 1522w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/05\/cotheme4-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/05\/cotheme4-731x1024.png 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1522px) 100vw, 1522px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All the themes<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we upgrade Blackboard this summer you will be able to change the colour scheme used within your course with two clicks. With the new version of Blackboard, instructors will have the opportunity to change the colour scheme of their course from a preset selection. 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