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From the course: Learning Brightspace by D2L
Create a custom theme
- [Instructor] The appearance of a D2L course, its color scheme and some mild visual elements, is controlled by creating a custom theme. Frequently, themes are controlled at the administrative level and are then pushed out to all courses in an institution for the purposes of visual consistency. That's the case in our set-up, which is why I'm currently logged in as an administrator. If your institution has empowered you as an instructor to overwrite the default theme, though, here's how you take that step. Begin by going to the course admin page and then selecting Navigation & Themes. Select the second option at the top, labeled Themes. If you have default inherited themes, you'll see them displayed here. Since default themes are pushed out at the administration level, not the course level, you can't modify a default theme. So the only option is to create one from scratch. To start the creation process, select Create Theme. The next step is to give your theme a name. We're simply going…
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Import, export, or copy D2L course components3m 3s
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Develop a course homepage4m 3s
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Create a custom theme2m 32s
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Customize the navigation bar3m 4s
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Scheduling course components3m 21s
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Enabling user accessibility3m 4s
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Customize a course image2m 46s
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Add new users to a D2L course2m 45s
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Activate your course1m 30s
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