diff --git a/src/app/components/content/IsaacCard.tsx b/src/app/components/content/IsaacCard.tsx
index 0372ec600e..4a64a78dfd 100644
--- a/src/app/components/content/IsaacCard.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/content/IsaacCard.tsx
@@ -5,19 +5,18 @@ import { apiHelper, isAppLink } from "../../services";
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 import { IsaacCardDTO } from "../../../IsaacApiTypes";
 
-// NOTE: Currently not in use by CS. See ticket #212 for more details.
-
 interface IsaacCardProps {
   doc: IsaacCardDTO;
   imageClassName?: string;
 }
 
 export const IsaacCard = ({ doc, imageClassName }: IsaacCardProps) => {
-  const { title, subtitle, image, clickUrl, disabled, verticalContent } = doc;
+  const { title, subtitle, image, clickUrl, disabled, verticalContent, buttonText } = doc;
   const classes = classNames({ "menu-card": true, disabled: disabled, "isaac-card-vertical": verticalContent });
   const imgSrc = image?.src && apiHelper.determineImageUrl(image.src);
+  const showButton = Boolean(buttonText && clickUrl);
 
-  const link =
+  const stretchedLink =
     clickUrl && isAppLink(clickUrl) ? (
       <Link to={clickUrl} className={classes + " stretched-link"} aria-disabled={disabled} />
     ) : (
@@ -25,6 +24,28 @@ export const IsaacCard = ({ doc, imageClassName }: IsaacCardProps) => {
       <a href={clickUrl} className={classes + " stretched-link"} aria-disabled={disabled} />
     );
 
+  const button = (
+    <div className="isaac-card-link-container">
+      {clickUrl && isAppLink(clickUrl) ? (
+        <Link to={clickUrl} className="isaac-card-link" aria-disabled={disabled}>
+          {buttonText}
+        </Link>
+      ) : (
+        <a
+          href={clickUrl}
+          className="isaac-card-link"
+          aria-disabled={disabled}
+          target="_blank"
+          rel="noopener noreferrer"
+        >
+          {buttonText}
+        </a>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+
+  const footer = showButton ? button : clickUrl && stretchedLink;
+
   return verticalContent ? (
     <Card className={classes}>
       {image && (
@@ -44,7 +65,7 @@ export const IsaacCard = ({ doc, imageClassName }: IsaacCardProps) => {
           <Col>{subtitle}</Col>
         </Row>
       </CardBody>
-      {clickUrl && link}
+      {footer}
     </Card>
   ) : (
     <Card>
@@ -65,7 +86,7 @@ export const IsaacCard = ({ doc, imageClassName }: IsaacCardProps) => {
           </Col>
         </Row>
       </CardBody>
-      {clickUrl && link}
+      {footer}
     </Card>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/scss/common/cards.scss b/src/scss/common/cards.scss
index ef9610d0de..b3c232ac45 100644
--- a/src/scss/common/cards.scss
+++ b/src/scss/common/cards.scss
@@ -272,3 +272,22 @@
 .card-deck + .card-deck {
   margin-top: 1.5rem;
 }
+
+.isaac-card-link-container {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+  margin-top: 1.5rem;
+  padding: 0 0 1rem;
+}
+
+.isaac-card-link {
+  color: #6b009a;
+  font-size: 1.1875rem;
+  text-decoration: none;
+
+  &:hover,
+  &:focus {
+    color: #6b009a;
+    text-decoration: underline;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/components/content/IsaacCard.test.tsx b/src/test/components/content/IsaacCard.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdf8570e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/components/content/IsaacCard.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { renderTestEnvironment } from "../../utils";
+import { IsaacCard } from "../../../app/components/content/IsaacCard";
+import { IsaacCardDTO } from "../../../IsaacApiTypes";
+
+const renderIsaacCard = (doc: IsaacCardDTO) => {
+  renderTestEnvironment({
+    PageComponent: IsaacCard,
+    componentProps: { doc },
+    initialRouteEntries: ["/"],
+    role: "ANONYMOUS",
+  });
+};
+
+describe("IsaacCard", () => {
+  it("renders the title and subtitle", () => {
+    renderIsaacCard({ title: "Card title", subtitle: "Card subtitle", verticalContent: true });
+    expect(screen.getByText("Card title")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Card subtitle")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("renders a custom, centred button when buttonText and clickUrl are provided", () => {
+    renderIsaacCard({
+      title: "Careers",
+      subtitle: "Explore computing careers",
+      clickUrl: "/careers_in_computer_science",
+      buttonText: "Read more",
+      verticalContent: true,
+    });
+    const button = screen.getByRole("link", { name: "Read more" });
+    expect(button).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(button).toHaveAttribute("href", "/careers_in_computer_science");
+    expect(button).toHaveClass("isaac-card-link");
+    expect(button.parentElement).toHaveClass("isaac-card-link-container");
+  });
+
+  it("opens external button links in a new tab", () => {
+    renderIsaacCard({
+      title: "External",
+      subtitle: "An external resource",
+      clickUrl: "https://example.com/resource",
+      buttonText: "Visit resource",
+      verticalContent: true,
+    });
+    const button = screen.getByRole("link", { name: "Visit resource" });
+    expect(button).toHaveAttribute("href", "https://example.com/resource");
+    expect(button).toHaveAttribute("target", "_blank");
+    expect(button).toHaveAttribute("rel", "noopener noreferrer");
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to a stretched whole-card link when no buttonText is provided", () => {
+    renderIsaacCard({
+      title: "Create a Group",
+      subtitle: "Create and manage student groups.",
+      clickUrl: "/groups",
+      verticalContent: true,
+    });
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("link", { name: /read more/i })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    const link = document.querySelector("a.stretched-link");
+    expect(link).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(link).toHaveAttribute("href", "/groups");
+  });
+});