Resizing media – 3900.69 | Blackboard Help

Resizing media – 3900.69

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Instructors often strive to include media in their course design to help create an engaging course. Students may desire to include media in their discussions or assessment responses. When inserting media, users expect an easy way to control the size of the included media. In the past, this wasn't easy to do. Users would have to size media before uploading it in the course.

Now media items have handles in each corner. Users can resize the media by dragging a corner handle. Users can also resize media via keyboard navigation. Media types available for resizing include images, videos, and media inserted via URL.

This enhancement provides users with a seamless and intuitive way to resize media.

Image 1: Resize media corner handles

Image 2: Resize media by dragging corner handle

Based on client feedback, we made several additional changes:

We removed the gray background of the media
We relocated the delete icon to the top right corner of the media
All media attached or inserted via URL maintains aspect ratio
All media has center alignment (future milestones will permit other justification options)
The maximum size of the media (100%) is the maximum width allowed by the content editor
The minimum size limit for all media is 200 pixels
We redesigned Image Settings to include the alternative text box and an option to force users to download the media
When inserting a video in edit mode, a new icon displays in the top right corner to play the video from edit mode; this icon appears regardless of how media is inserted

Image 3: Resize media delete icon

Image 4: Image Settings includes the display name, alternative text, an option to mark an image as decorative, and an option to force users to download the media