Change the course image, description and duration

Change the image, the summary and the duration of a course on its Settings tab.

The course card in the course overview shows the course image, the course summary and the course duration. You set all three on the Settings tab of the course. Creating a new course? Then you fill them in right away, see add a new course. This page is about changing them in an existing course.

Step by step

1. Open the course settings

Click Courses in the menu (1) and then Manage content on the card of the course (2).

Click the Settings tab.

2. Change the course summary

Under Description, type the new text in Course summary. This is the text on the course card.

3. Delete the current image

Under Course image, click the current image.

A window with the file details opens. Click Delete.

Linqur asks “Are you sure you want to delete this file?”. Click Yes.

The box holds one image at most, so you delete the old one before you add a new one.

4. Upload the new image

The box is now empty. Click the Add… button (the plus icon, 1), or drag the new image into the box (2) and skip to step 5. Accepted file types are .gif, .jpg and .png.

In the File picker, choose Upload a file (1). Under Attachment, click the button to choose the image on your computer (2). Then click Upload this file (3).

The new image is now in the box. In this example the same image was uploaded again.

5. Change the course duration and save

Type the new duration in Course duration (1), for example “3 hours”. Then click Save and display (2).

6. Check the course card

Click Courses in the menu. The card of the course shows the new image (1), the new summary (2) and the new duration (3).

Related pages

The title and the unique ID are on the same Settings tab, see rename a course or change its unique ID. Learners who open the course through a sign-up URL see the image, the summary and the duration before they sign up. How to create and share a sign-up URL is explained in create a sign-up URL.