Field

Description

Course Link Information

Name:

Select a name for the link from the drop-down list or specify a different name.

Choose Color of Name:

Click Pick and select a color for the name of the link.

Text:

Enter any text that will be included with the link. Select a text type for the description from the following options:

·          Smart Text Automatically recognizes a link entered in the text box. Smart text recognizes the ENTER key as a paragraph tag and accepts HTML tags as well. Smart Text will also prompt to load images if an image source text is used when adding smart text as part of a content item.

·          Plain Text: Displays text as written.

·          HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags.

·          ∑: Opens the MathML Equation Editor.

·          +: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor.

Course Link Attachments

Link location:

Click Browse and the Course Map will appear in a pop-up window. Select the course area or folder to link to.

Options

Do you want to make this course link visible?

Select Yes and the link will appear to the user in the Content area. Select No and the link will not appear to the user. If No is selected the user cannot view or access the course link.

Do you want to track the number of views?

Select Yes to indicate that the system is to track the number of times a user accesses this item. Use the Course Statistics page to view a comprehensive report. Course Links are tracked by the number of times the “parent link” is seen.

Select No to indicate that the number of times this page is accessed will not be tracked.

Do you want to add metadata?

Select Yes or No to indicate if metadata will be used. Metadata is data about the added item, such as ownership, resource format, and copyright information.

Choose date restrictions

Click the Display After check box to begin displaying the link on a specific date. Select the date and time for this to occur in the calendar area below.

Click the Display Until check box to stop displaying the link on a specific date. Select the date and time for this to occur in the calendar area below.