Applies to these roles: Author, Reporter, Admin  

You can easily customize your theme in Rise by changing the photo, choosing an accent color, changing fonts, changing your cover page, adding a logo, and more. Just click Theme in the upper right corner of the course editor to access the following options.

A cover photo is added by default when you create the course. Courses without cover photos are automatically assigned a random image the first time they're opened.

The photo is used in various theme layouts. If you prefer not to use a cover photo in your course, that’s fine too. Select a cover page layout that doesn't include a photo and your selected accent color displays instead.

You can upload your own photo or search for the perfect image from an extensive library of gorgeous, royalty-free photographs. In the Theme menu, select Cover Page in the sidebar. Next to the photo, click Edit. From here you can upload an image or browse the Content Library for the perfect image. You can also edit the photo in the cover page settings.

From the edit menu, you can also crop the current image or adjust the text contrast for your cover photo.

Depending on your navigation settings, the cover photo also appears at the top of the sidebar in your course. If it’s hard to see your course title on top of the photo, try adjusting the Text Contrast percentage.

Note: Text contrast adjustments affect the image in both the cover page and sidebar navigation.

New courses have the Rise theme applied by default. For additional themes, click the Change Theme button. Learn more here. Changing the theme reverts any style changes you've made such as font or accent color.

Click Save in the upper left to commit your changes or Cancel to discard them. Click Back to return to the main themes menu.

Note: If you've changed your cover photo, you'll see that image previewed instead of a default image for each theme.

Select Cover Page from the themes menu in the sidebar. Select an available cover page layout to see it with your current content in the main window.

To add a logo, click the Add Logo button at the bottom of the sidebar to upload your image file. Once uploaded, you can change or delete the image by clicking Edit.

Click Save in the upper left to commit your changes or Cancel to discard them. Click Back to return to the main themes menu.

You have three options when it comes to displaying course navigation, the sidebar menu, compact navigation, and overlay navigation.

By default, Rise courses use the sidebar menu. The compact menu is a small menu that appears as a minimized card in the bottom-left corner of your course. Overlay navigation is a large, persistent card that appears at the top of the course.

Select Navigation from the themes menu in the sidebar, then select Sidebar, Compact, or Overlay. There are several available navigation layouts. Select one to see it with your current content in the main window.

Click the Buttons tab for options to change the appearance of previous and next buttons. Select from full width:

Or floating:

You can also choose from white or dark color schemes or versions that use your selected accent color. Accent color options have a 3:1 color contrast ratio.

Click Save in the upper left to commit your changes or Cancel to discard them. Click Back to return to the main themes menu.

For information on the additional navigation control settings, click here.

Select Lesson Headers from the themes menu in the sidebar. There are several available header layouts. Select one to see it with your current content in the main window.

If you'd like to use an image as your header, select the Image style and choose an image from the Content Library or upload one of your own. Modify the existing image by clicking Edit Image to access additional menu options. Use the drop-down menu contained here to modify the image overlay color.

Once you've selected a header style, change the header height by selecting an option from the drop-down menu at the bottom of the sidebar. Lesson count labels and the author avatar can also be toggled on or off with the appropriate options.

Click Save in the upper left to commit your changes or Cancel to discard them. Click Back to return to the main themes menu.

Customize your course with an accent color in the Color menu. The accent color appears throughout your course to tie it all together. Choose from one of the suggested accent colors or create your own, custom color:

Click Save in the upper left to commit your changes or Cancel to discard them. Click Back to return to the main themes menu.

In the Fonts menu, you can select and preview several recommended fonts based on your current theme.

If you'd like to mix and match heading and body fonts, click the More tab. The More tab is also where you'll add and manage your own custom fonts. Click here to learn more.

Click Save in the upper left to commit your changes or Cancel to discard them. Click Back to return to the main themes menu.

By default, non-text blocks animate smoothly into view as learners scroll through block lessons, but you can turn the animations off if you prefer. Select the Blocks menu, then toggle the Block Entrance Animations switch to Off.

Click Save in the upper left to commit your changes or Cancel to discard them. Click Back to return to the main themes menu.