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title: Course Welcome Banners
description: "Course Welcome Banners let you show two different messages in the same course. You can show one message to students who have already joined, and a completely different message to visitors who have not signed up yet. ### **Access the…"
url: "https://fluentcommunity.co/docs/course-welcome-banners/"
updated: "2026-06-12"
category: Course Management
---

# Course Welcome Banners

Course Welcome Banners let you show two different messages in the same course. You can show one message to students who have already joined, and a completely different message to visitors who have not signed up yet.

### **Access the Banner Panel**

To start setting up your messages:

1. Open the course you want to edit.
2. Look at the top menu and click the **Welcome Banner** tab.

## Access Control & Default Lock Screens

How visitors see your "Welcome Banner" depends on your course privacy settings (which you can find in the General Settings tab).

- **Private Courses:** If your course privacy is set to **Private** and you use the Default lock screen, you must check the box that says **Show Welcome Banner in the default lock screen**. If you do not check this box, the welcome banner will not show up.

- **Public and Secret Courses:** If your course privacy is set to **Public** or **Secret**, it will show you the welcome banner on the navbar automatically. You do not need to check any extra boxes.

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/access-control-5-scaled.webp)

## Set Up the "Enrolled" View

This view shows up as soon as a student opens the course. It is a great place to put a welcome screen, give directions, or share rules.

1. Click the **Enrolled** tab at the top of the screen.
2. Turn on the switch that says **Enable for enrolled members**.
3. Choose what kind of media you want to show at the top of the banner:
   - **How to Add an Image:**
     - Click the circle next to **Image**.
     - Click the **Upload Image** button to pick a picture from your computer. (The best size is 1680x600 pixels).

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/enrolled-image-2-1-scaled.webp)

- **How to Add a Video:**
  - Click the circle next to **Video**.
  - You can choose **Oembed** to paste a regular video link (like from YouTube or Vimeo) into the box.
  - Or, you can choose **HTML Code** to paste the raw embed code.
  - Click the **Embed** button to load your video.

1. Type a clear **Title** and **Description** to welcome your students and tell them what to do next.
2. Under **Call to Action**, click the **+ Add button** to create clickable buttons. For each button, you can type the text (Button Label), paste the link (Button Link), pick the style (Button Type), and choose if it should open in a new tab.
3. Check the box that says **Allow members to close the welcome banner** if you want to let students hide the message.
4. Click the dark **Update Info** button at the bottom to save this section.

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/enrolled-video-2-scaled.webp)

## Set Up the "Not Enrolled" View

This view acts as a landing page. It helps you show the value of your course to people who have not joined yet.

1. Click the **Not Enrolled** tab at the top of the screen.
2. Turn on the switch that says **Enable for not enrolled visitors**.
3. Choose the media you want to use to grab their attention.
   - **How to Add an Image:**
     - Click the circle next to **Image**.
     - Click the **Upload Image** button to add an eye-catching picture.

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/not-enrolled-image-3-2-scaled.webp)

- **How to Add a Video:**
  - Click the circle next to **Video**.
  - Choose **Oembed** to paste a link, or **HTML Code** to paste a script.
  - Click the **Embed** button to add your sales or intro video.

1. Type a **Title** and **Description** that explains exactly what the course is about and why they should join.
2. Click the **+ Add button** under **Call to Action** to make buttons like "Enroll Now" or "Free Preview." Fill out the button label, link, style, and tab settings.
3. Click the dark **Update Info** button at the bottom to save this section.

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/not-enrolled-video-4-1-scaled.webp)

### Saving Your Work

After you update both tabs, always click the dark **Save Changes & Close** button in the top right corner of the screen to save everything to your course.

## Previewing Your Welcome Banner

After you finish setting up your Welcome Banner, it is always a good idea to check how your new image or video looks on the live course page.

Below isthe**"Not Enrolled" (Visitor) view** of the welcome banner.

> Always test your course page to make sure your images fit well, your text is easy to read, and your videos play smoothly before you invite real members!

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/not-enrolled-course-preview-71-scaled.webp)