How to Post a URL (link to Website) S 1:

How to Post a URL (link to
Website)
START POINT: To post content items, you must be in a course shell.
Edit Mode must be on!
STEP 1:
STEP 2:
Select the Content Area in which the link is to
be posted (e.g. Course Information) from the
course menu on the left of the Bb 9 screen.
Select “URL”
from the “Build
Content” menu. If
the item you are
creating should go
in a folder within
the course
information area,
make sure you are
in the folder first,
then click “URL”.
STEP 3:
Fill in the name and URL for the web link. Use STEP 4:
the textbox to enter a description (optional).
Set the appropriate options. In most cases,
The URL should be in the correct format:
default options are recommended.
e.g. http://cbc.ca or http://www.google.ca
You may wish to
have the link
“Open in New
Window”.
STEP 5:
Click the “Submit” button.
Blackboard 9 Tip Sheets created by Adon Irani.
Centre for Teaching and Learning, Georgian College, 2009.
Revised by Christine Eddy, Loyalist College, 2010.
V2 – BB9.1