Customizing courses>>Adding content
You can provide ready access to content in another part of your course by adding a course link to any content area. When students click the link, they are taken to the area of the course containing the content you specified.
Note: You can add a course link to a folder but not to a learning unit.
To add a course link to a content area:
Click the course name on the My CourseCompass page.
Click Control Panel.
Under Content Areas, click the area where you want to add the course link.
Click Course Link on the Add toolbar at the top of the page.
Under Course Link Information, enter the following information:
Name – A title for the Course Link.
Choose Color of Name – A color for the link to the course area. Click Pick to select a different color in the ColorPicker.
Text – A description of the Course Link, which appears with the link in the content area. Choose a text display format for the text or accept the default format, which is Smart Text.
Under Course Link, click Browse to locate the course content you want to link to. Select a location from the course map shown in a pop-up window. To expand the map, click + (plus sign) next to a content area; the content in that area is listed. Click Submit in the pop-up window to close the window and add the path to the selected content in the Link location box.
Note: You can link to all course content listed in the Course Map. You can link to a folder or learning unit containing an assessment (test, survey, or TestGen test), though you cannot link directly to an assessment.
Under Options, set or modify these options:
Make the course link available – Select Yes if you want students to be able to view the link. Select No to hide it.
Track number of views – Select Yes or No to indicate whether you want CourseCompass to track the number of times a student accesses the course material via the course link. If you select Yes, a Tracking button appears next to the course link in the content area that you can click to open the Course Statistics page and view a comprehensive report on usage.
Add metadata – Select Yes or No to indicate whether you want to associate metadata—such as ownership, resource format, and copyright information—with the course link. If you add metadata, a Describe button appears next to the course link in the content area that you can click to access the metadata page.
Choose date restrictions – This option lets you set the course link availability according to dates and times. Set the Display After date and time to indicate when the course link will become available to students. You can also set the Display Until option so the course link is only available up to a specified date and time. (See How display dates work for more information.) Be sure to select the Display check box as well as specifying display dates.
Click Submit, then click OK.