Adding a website link to your course places that site within the context of your lesson, and allows students to quickly navigate to an external page. You can link to any valid URL from within your lessons. Links open in a new tab within your browsing window.
Add URL/Website Link
- While in Edit Mode, click on “+Add Content” in the section you want to place a link.
- Select “Website Link” in the “Choose a content type” window.
- Add information that students can see about the URL.
- Link URL (required)
- Link title (required)
- Link author (optional)
- Link description (optional)
- Link thumbnail image (optional)
- Click “Add to Lesson” to place your link in the course.
Edit or Delete Link
To edit the link:
- Click on the “Edit” button next to the link you want to change.
- Make necessary edits.
- The section where the link is placed
- The relative position of the link within the section
- The link URL
- Link title (required information)
- Link author (optional)
- Link description (optional)
- Link thumbnail image
- You can also delete the link. (Please note: if you delete a link, you cannot undo this deletion. It is a permanent action.)
- Click “Save.”
To remove the link from your lesson and delete, simply select the “x” icon to the right of the content on the Lessons page. Then, confirm deletion.