Student: How do I include a picture in my forum post?
You will learn how to insert/add an image or picture to your forum post in your course in TITANium.
Follow these steps to add a photo (or any image file) to your post in a forum.
This guide has been updated for TITANium 2019-2020.
1. Click on the link to the forum in your course.
2. Click on Add a new discussion topic.
Depending upon the forum type, the name of the button may be Add a new topic, Add a new discussion topic or Reply.
3. Type a subject title.
4. Type text in the Message textbox.
You can also add other content to a forum, such as a YouTube video.
5. Drag and drop your image file from your computer to the Message textbox.
Tip: you should edit (resize) the image before including it in your post. Most computers come with some type of simple image editing software such as Paint in Windows.
6. The image will appear in the textbox.
7. Double-click the image.
Or, click once on the image and then click on the "Insert image" button in the textbox toolbar.
8. Deselect the 'Description not necessary' box.
Note: If the image is purely decorative with no meaning, then you can leave the checkbox checked.
9. Type a description for the image.
The description should be greater than 6 but less than 81 characters according to CSU requirements. If the image is complicated, then you may need to add text after the image explaining the contents of the image (such as for a graph, chart or diagram). This will be helpful for other students or users who are using a screen reader like JAWS because of low vision, blindness or other reasons.
Type a new value in the horizontal or vertical field.
Make sure that Auto size is checked.
10. Click on Save image.
11. The image will now display with the new dimensions.
12. Click on Post to forum.
13. The forum post will display with the image.
Note: For any students or faculty who are subscribed to this forum, the email sent to them will NOT contain any images which you have uploaded to the forum. A user must log in to the course in order to see the image in the post. The one exception is if the image is linked from a public website rather than uploaded.
Article Summary
You have now learned how to insert/add an image or picture to your forum post in your course in TITANium.