Inserting and Formatting Images in Blackboard

Modified on Mon, 30 Mar at 3:49 PM

Your teacher may ask you to insert an image into a Blackboard assignment, especially for discussion posts. This tutorial can help you insert and format an image in the Blackboard text editor.

Inserting the Image

Click on the “Image” icon. It is shaped like a plus sign and is the bottom rightmost button in the text editor:

Image pointing to the location of the "Image" icon.

The "Insert Image" Box appears. The options to click "Upload File" button allows a student to browse for the image, or use the option to simply drage the image file into the popup area.

Image showing the design and layout of the "Insert Image" popup.

Browse for the image on your computer and then select it.

Your image will appear inside the textbox.

Preview the Image

Once you have the image uploaded, a preview will appear. Ensure you have the image previewed before moving forward:

Image shwoing the preview for the image to be uploaded.

Adjust the Image as Needed

Next, you have the option to alter the aspect ratio and resize the image as you see fit. Select the drop down to choose different aspect ratio presets, or alternatively use the scroll at the bottom to customize the size to fit the desired size and window.

Image describing how the aspect ratio of the image can be altered.

Formatting the Image

You may want to “alt text. You can give your image a title and add alt text for the purpose of accessibility.

What is alt text? Alt text is a text description of an image used by screen reader software and web browsers that cannot display images. You may have class members who use such software and browsers.

Alt text need only be a simple description of the image. In this example, "An image showing the original wallpaper provided in Windows XP” might be appropriate:

Screenshot showing popup options for Image title and Alternative text descriptor.

Submitting the Image

Once you are satisfied with the image, click "Save" and Blackboard will upload the image into the rich text editor "Submission Box". Here you can add text around the image, annotate and even draw using the annotation editor. All that is needed at this point is to select "Submit":

Screenshot showing image populated in the submission box with annotation options available before submission.