Add Links to External Websites from Content

1. Select Content on the course navigation bar.
2. Select the module or sub-module where the link needs to be added.
3. Select the Upload/Create button. 
4. From the drop down menu select Create a Link. 
5. In the pop-up window enter text for the link in the Title field. To meet standards for users with disabilities, do not use a long URL as the link text to show.
6. Enter or paste the web address in the URL field. If pasting the URL, make sure that "http://" does not appear twice at the start of the URL.  
7. Select the Open as an External Resource check box. If this option is not selected, the link will not work in most browsers.
8. Select Create. 

Add Links to Other Parts of the Course Site from Content

1. Select Content on the course navigation bar.
2. Select the module or sub-module where the link needs to be added.
3. Select Existing Activities.  
4. From the drop down menu, select one of the tools listed.  
5. In the pop-up window, select the activity that needs to be inserted.   

Add Links in the Brightspace Text Editor

1. Highlight the text within the text area where you want to add the link. Remember for ADA compliance, the link need to be descriptive.
2. Click the Insert Quicklink  (chain link) icon.
3. Select Link from the Insert Quicklink dialogue box.
4. Type or paste the link to the file in the Link field.
5. Provide the Text or confirm the text is what you want the link text to be.
6. Click Save and Close, Insert or Update, depending on where you are using the Brightspace editor.