Adding a photo to the course homepage in Rise

Hello, adding to this thread about images to the homepage. I understand how to change the "cover photo" in settings but what I would like to know is whether I could add an image in the course description similar to an image & text block.

Also, would like to know if there are additional formatting options for text AND images. For example, changing the name of the image file so it does not scale. Looking for advanced "cheats". Thanks. 

Wait... you're telling me that the course description is a completely static text block with no options?  Why can't we access the same blocks there that we can access in a regular lesson?  I have a very simple graphic that my SME wants as part of the course description.  Not only is it a completely valid request, it's a valuable request.  But I'm going to have to go back to my SME with the news that our much-lauded course authoring tool is not capable of something that a simple Word Processing app has been able to do since the 1980s?  Yikes.  :(

Please add me to the list of voices requesting more flexibility, both in the course description and for in-line images.

Since staff doesn't give a...nything about that simple problem, I'm coming with a little rescue. Maybe not the most elegant, but working.

Steps to do:
1. Export your Rise course to your computer
2. Edit file index.html in notepad or similiar
3. Right before </body> at the end of the document paste one of the following:

Video:

<script type='text/javascript'>
var obj = document.createElement('video');
obj.src = 'your_video_source.mp4';
obj.setAttribute('id', 'example_video');
obj.setAttribute('width', '600'); // 600 is the container width. It of course can be overriden and produce bigger video, but that's not the time for this.
obj.setAttribute('height', '337'); // 16:9 proportion to 600px wide.
obj.setAttribute('controls', ' ');
obj.setAttribute('poster', 'your_video_poster_img.jpg');
obj.setAttribute('preload', 'auto');
setTimeout(function(){ 
 var ovi_cont = document.getElementsByClassName("overview__main-col");
 ovi_cont[0].prepend(obj); 
 }, 1000);
 </script>

Img:

<script type='text/javascript'>
var obj_img = document.createElement('img');
obj_img.src = 'your_image_source.jpg';
obj.setAttribute('id', 'example_img');
obj_img.setAttribute('width', '600'); // 600 is the container width. It of course can be overriden and produce bigger image, but that's not the time for this.
obj_img.setAttribute('height', 'set_your_height_in_pixels'); // to keep it nice looking
setTimeout(function(){ 
 var ovi_cont = document.getElementsByClassName("overview__main-col");
 ovi_cont[0].prepend(obj_img); 
 }, 1000);
</script>

4. You can put your image/video file right where the index.html file is, then your source would be simply the name of the file.

5. The setTimeout function is what makes it not 100% elegant, as you have 1s delay before showing the image/video. You can try to adjust 1000 to 500 or something. It's that way because the page must first load to show "overview__main-col" in DOM, and it's not immediate.

6. You can also add tag <style> and style your produced img/video with CSS.

I'd like to put in a request for the ability to add images to the course description as well! 

It would be nice to be able to give a visual overview of the course in the course description. Looking forward to that feature :-).

Seriously, can anyone from the staff explain to us why you can't add a block like image or video to the course overview? Guys, that's like a main page of a website. Do you imagine main page of website with only text and some blurry image?

I know workaround for placing image by editing published course, but what the, why you just won't enable adding images or something? Please, elaborate someone, why that's not implemented. I'm very curious, maybe I don't see something.

@Renz, that's not fresh topic to share with the team. Someone posted that 2 years ago. That topic should be already widely discussed, not to mention simply implemented, as that's not something complicated.

Please add the Image option to the description.

Tech,

Here is a step-by-step video: https://youtu.be/0wyNzjmldgI 

Hello - it's been 5 months since I made the original request to add images in the course description. Any updates regarding this?

I would like to add a block template to the first page to immerse people right into content before they read the description and objectives. Is this possible?