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Create/Edit Content Customize Banner Text

With the Customize Banner Text Tool, you can edit text in the banner. You can also edit banner text in the Rich Content Editor, but the Customize Banner Text tool reduces the risk of breaking the styles.

Tip: You can use the Colors for Banner Theme tool, which is located in the Customize the Style section, to change the banner colors.

Interface and Examples

Numbered banner text panel

The following graphics identify the text elements on the banner with their corresponding fields in the Customize Banner Text panel.

Example 1:

Numbered banner text example 1

Example 2:

Numbered banner text example 2

Customize Banner Text

To customize the banner text, follow these steps:

Click Show Canvas Title if you want to display the title of the page (see note below). This appears above the banner.
In the Customize Banner Text panel, type your desired text for each banner element in the its corresponding field.
On the page, Click Save.

Tip: If your cursor is in the Banner Heading, you can click the button in the jump menu to jump right to the Customize Banner Text panel.

A note about the Show Canvas Title option

What the Show Canvas Title does

On: The Canvas page title will be visible on the saved content
Off: Design Tools will hide the Canvas page title if a Design Tools title banner is present

What the Show Canvas Title does not do

Toggling it off does not hide the title if a Design Tools title banner is not present.

Exception: Blackboard A11y

Blackboard Ally alternative formats dropdown

Blackboard A11y places a dropdown to download alternate formats in the Canvas title. Since this is an accessibility tool, if the A11y dropdown is present, Design Tools will not hide the Canvas page title.

There is an option that can be added by a Canvas Admin to allow Design Tools to try and relocate the Ally dropdown so that the page title can still be hidden. See the Move Ally Dropdown Out of Title Hidden Gem for more information.