Add Links to Websites or Files
In Moodle, you can add a link anywhere you can enter text. It is also possible to add a link to your course as a URL resource that opens a new Moodle page with a description or instructions. Both methods are explained below.
Adding a Link to Text
- In the text editor, highlight the text you would like to become a link, and click the Link button
- Paste the link to the site that you'd like your students to arrive at in the Link URL box.
- If you want to add to a link to a document, follow these steps instead:
- Click the Browse icon.
- Upload your file, or use one of the links at left to add it from your Private Files, a Course files folder, Google Docs, etc. Once you have uploaded the file, a link to it will appear in the Link URL box.
- Click Insert.
- You'll have a link to your web page or file. You'll see that your highlighted text has turned blue to indicate that it is now a link.
Creating a Link Resource
Alternatively, you can make a URL resource on your course page to contain your link and include a description or instructions.
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Go to your Moodle site, and in the section where you want the link to live, click Add an Activity
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Under Resources pick URL and then click Add
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Give the link a title
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Add a description. If you want this description to appear on the main Moodle page, click the box below to indicate this.
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Paste the URL into the External URL box
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Scroll to the bottom and click Save and return to course. You can ignore all the other settings.
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When students click on the link, they will be taken to a new page with the description and a link to the resource.
