School of Undergraduate Studies

Linking to Content within Undergraduate Course Modules


Sharon Goodall
Mgr, Multimedia Services, Course Development
Course Development
Published: September-October 2009

Category: » Webtycho » General-info

In the past, it has been possible to copy and paste the URL of a particular Course Modules page into the Class Announcements or Conferences areas of your WebTycho classroom. In early 2009, Course Development modified its user authentication system that disabled the functionality of such links.

In response to faculty requests, Course Development has recently added a new tool to the Course Modules interface that permits the use of these links in your class announcements again. This tool is visible and available only to faculty.

In the left toolbar within the Course Modules, you will now find a "Link to Here" entry below Faculty Links. This tool provides you with a working link to insert in your WebTycho classroom.

To use this new feature:

1. Navigate to the Course Modules page that you want to link to.

2. Click on "link to here" at the bottom of the left menu.

Some module content appears in a pop-up window. Each pop-up window will have a Link to Here button at the top of the window, as indicated below. Click this button (instead of the left menu link) to create a link to the contents of the pop-up window.



3. A new pop-up window will now open containing the code for linking to the specific module content. Copy and paste the entire contents of this generated link to the desired location in your WebTycho classroom.

At this time, linking directly to Course Modules content from the syllabus or from the new enhanced Tycho conferencing area is not supported.

If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to contact Course Development.

About the Author(s)

Course Development uses a team approach to design and develop undergraduate and graduate online courses. Course Development staff members who specialize in distance education technology and pedagogy work with the academic community to create academically rigorous, highly scalable course frameworks that are easily distributed to and shared among faculty worldwide.

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