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Add an External Link
Use this feature to link to
relevant web sites within your content areas.
Cut and paste URL's for accuracy.
1. Log onto Blackboard at http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
2. Under Courses you are teaching,
click the link of the desired course.
3. Click the "Control Panel"
button (the bottom-most button located to
the left of the screen).
4. Click on the Content Area
in which you would like to add an external
link.
5. Click on the folder to which
you want to add the external link.
6. In the gray horizontal tool
bar, click "External Link".
7. Enter the name of the item,
the URL and any additional text like a description.
8. Click the "Submit"
button.
9. You should then receive a
Success receipt.
10. Click the "OK"
button
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to Blackboard Help
Add an External Link
Use this feature to link to
relevant web sites within your content areas.
Cut and paste URL's for accuracy.
1. Log onto Blackboard at http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
2. Under Courses you are teaching,
click the link of the desired course.
3. Click the "Control Panel"
button (the bottom-most button located to
the left of the screen).
4. Click on the Content Area
in which you would like to add an external
link.
5. Click on the folder to which
you want to add the external link.
6. In the gray horizontal tool
bar, click "External Link".
7. Enter the name of the item,
the URL and any additional text like a description.
8. Click the "Submit"
button.
9. You should then receive a
Success receipt.
10. Click the "OK"
button
Back
to Blackboard Help
Add an External Link
Use this feature to link to
relevant web sites within your content areas.
Cut and paste URL's for accuracy.
1. Log onto Blackboard at http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
2. Under Courses you are teaching, click the link of the desired course.
3. Click the "Control Panel" button (the bottom-most button located to the left of the screen).
4. Click on the Content Area in which you would like to add an external link.
5. Click on the folder to which you want to add the external link.
6. In the gray horizontal tool bar, click "External Link".
7. Enter the name of the item, the URL and any additional text like a description.
8. Click the "Submit" button.
9. You should then receive a Success receipt.
10. Click the "OK" button