Adding Documents and Website URLs to a Course

Course Activities provide access to documents, external links, and other learning components in Classes, course assignments, and learning paths. These activities provide direct access to document or web pages on the web. When the student selects the Launch button on the activity, the document or web page will open. You control if it opens in new window or within a frame in the same window.

The steps below assume you have completed the Basic Information section in the course (Creating Courses). Before adding a course activity, you should select whether the course will available instructor-led and/or available Self-Paced on the Basic Information tab. This will affect the defaults for visibility of the activities you add for classes and Course Assignments.

Add a Document or URL to a Course

To add a document or external link to your course:

1. On the Create Course or Edit Course page, select Activities.
2. Select Add Document or Add External Link.
3. In the activity,
   1. In Name, set the name of the activity. This will appear in the list of activities in the course.
   2. In URL, set the URL for the document or external link.
   3. (Optional) Enter the description of the document or external link to be displayed below the name of the activity in the course.

Each activity has the following fields you can set for more control over that it: