Getting Started: Branding your LMS

When you first step foot into the Axis Administrator interface, you may be tempted to jump straight to entering content. While there’s nothing wrong with this approach, taking the two minutes to set up some basic system-wide branding will go a long way to making your course look great, before it even exists.

Selecting the Setup Your Branding option will bring you to the Branding Screen.

Step 1: System Title

This brief line of text will appear on all your login pages, and is extremely useful for users so that they know where they are logging into. You can see an example of this being built in real time at the bottom of the branding page. The system title is also used for the page title which appears in browser tabs, and additionally is used as the default mobile app title. There is also a branding option for the admin interface here.

Step 2: Banner and Colors

Uploading a banner to your Branding page will overwrite the existing banner for both your Learning Portal and Public Websites.

By extension, all of your Online Courses will also use this same banner (but this can be overwritten, as needed, on a course by course basis). After concluding your changes on this page, you can learn more about banner and the rules they follow here.

Here you can select one of several different pre-made color themes which will be applied all throughout your system.

If you plan on eventually using custom colors, select the closest match for now, and follow the instruction on this page when you’re ready to implement your custom swatches.

Step 3: User Login Page

Drag in a new logo image for your users to see while they’re logging in. The most common trends are using your company logo or a different user image. If you use a .png image, the logo will also act as the default mobile app icon, and also will be used as the favicon, which apears in browser tabs. Choose a theme from the theme picker, and then optionally upload your own background image to use on the login screen by following the instructions shown on the page.

Step 4: Manager Admin Login Page

If your system is using Manager Admins, you can once again have a unique login image and background image just for your Managers.

After getting started with the system, you can check out this article on Manager Admins.

After you’ve submitted your changes, you should should be done with this page forever. But if you do ever need to re-access it, you can do so by clicking the Rocket Ship icon on your Home Dashboard, or going to System > System Settings > Branding.