diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/ContentNodeLearningActivityIcon.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/ContentNodeLearningActivityIcon.vue
index 7ebe649dae..364f5450a8 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/ContentNodeLearningActivityIcon.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/ContentNodeLearningActivityIcon.vue
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
         <KLabeledIcon
           :icon="icon(activity)"
           :label="text(activity)"
+          :style="iconStyle"
         />
       </div>
       <div v-else>
         <KLabeledIcon
           :icon="icon(activity)"
           :label="text(activity)"
+          :style="iconStyle"
         />
       </div>
     </span>
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@
         :icon="icon('multiple')"
         :aria-label="text('multiple')"
         data-test="multiple-activities-icon"
+        :style="iconStyle"
       />
     </span>
     <!--otherwise, display one or more activities individually, each with its own icon -->
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@
         data-test="icon-only"
         :icon="icon(activity)"
         :aria-label="text(activity)"
+        :style="iconStyle"
       />
     </span>
   </span>
@@ -85,6 +89,10 @@
         type: Boolean,
         default: false,
       },
+      iconStyle: {
+        type: Object,
+        default: () => ({}),
+      },
     },
     computed: {
       activities() {
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/RecommendedResourceCard.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/RecommendedResourceCard.vue
index 3a672d0678..26a3d26466 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/RecommendedResourceCard.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/RecommendedResourceCard.vue
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@
         </KFixedGridItem>
       </KFixedGrid>
     </template>
+    <template #thumbnailPlaceholder>
+      <ContentNodeLearningActivityIcon
+        :learningActivities="learningActivities"
+        :style="{ fontSize: '32px' }"
+      />
+    </template>
   </KCard>
 
 </template>