Adding an Internal Link in Blackboard

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You can link to other content or folders within your Blackboard course with just a few clicks. To start, open your course and click on Control Panel in the lower left of the screen.

An internal link can be used in any content area.  For example you could link from Course Information (syllabus) to assignments, or from Assignments to Communications.  For this example we will create a link in course documents.  Click on Course Documents in the Control Panel.

Once in Course Documents, click on Course Link, located in the top bar.

Because you can add multiple links, it is a good idea to give each link a descriptive or unique name.  In the text area you can have a more detailed description, but be careful not to have too much text.  If you have several links/items/folders in Course Documents, having too much text may tend to hide needed content rather than adding clarity.

Once you have named the link you will then need to find the content to link.  Click on Browse to see your course map.

Clicking on Browse open a course map.  You will need to know the location of the information you wish to link.  Notice that the folders have a small "+" signs next to the folder.  This indicates that the folder contains more items, links or folders.

To see what a folder holds, click on the "+".  Although you are creating a link, you cannot link to a specific file within a folder, you can only link to folders.  For example, if course documents is filled with files or items, but no folders, when linked it will display all of the contents of course documents.  However if course documents contains folders for each subject/unit/week you can link to that specific folder and only display what is needed for a specific week or unit.  You can open a folder and select a specific item or file, but when you submit the link, it will link to the folder holding that item or file and not link directly to the item or file. When you have selected the folder, click on submit.

As in almost everything that is accessible to students you can control if it is visible.  You can also control access by restriction the date something is available.

Once you have made all of the required selections, click on Submit to continue.

Once Submit has been clicked you will receive a receipt.  Click on OK to continue.

To check your work, click on the link you just created.

The folder your linked to will open and the contents will be displayed.

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