The image you use for your contact information in Blackboard MUST be a square image
and less than 150 x 150 pixels in size. The steps below will walk you through resizing
your photo to the proper size.
To resize your photo:
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On your computer, locate your photo/picture file.
Right click on the file.
From the side menu, select Open with Microsoft Office Picture Manager or
Microsoft Office 2010.
Microsoft Office Picture Manager will open.
From the menu bar at the top of the screen, select Picture and Resize.
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The Task Pane will open on the right side of the screen.
Click Predefined width x height
Select Email - Small (160 x 160 px) from the drop-down
menu.
Make note of the New Size. Depending on your picture
(landscape or portrait) the new size will be 160 px wide or
tall.
What you will do now is determine the difference in the two
numbers. The example above is 160 x 120px so subtract
120 from 160 to get the difference of 40 px. Remember
this number to be used in the next step.
Click OK.
From the menu bar at the top of
the screen, select Picture and
Crop
EITHER LEFT
Enter the difference you found
(ex. 160-120=40) in the "Left"
box if original dimensions are
160 x 120.
OR TOP
Enter the difference you found
(ex. 160-120=40) in the "Top"
box if original dimensions are
120 x 160.
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Click on the picture (inside the square crop box) and drag the square to center
the picture.
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Click OK.
From the menu bar at the top of the screen, select File and Save As.
Name the file using all lowercase letters and no spaces.
Click Save.