Blackboard: Link to Websites


Add an External Link Menu Button

  1. Enter the course where a new external link menu is needed. Make sure Edit Mode is ON.
  2. Click on the Add Menu Item button
  3. Click on Web Link
  4. Provide a Name and URL for the web link
  5. Check Available to Users and select Submit
click on the add menu button and then web link
fill out a name and URL then check available to users and select submit

Add a Web Link

  1. Within a course, click on the content area where you want to add the web link (ex: Documents)
  2. From the Build Content tab, select Web Link
  3. Provide a Name and URL for the web link
  4. Optionally, add a description and attach a file
  5. Select the Standard Options
  6. Click Submit

Add an Item with a Hyperlink in a text box

  1. Within a course, click on the content area where you want to add the web link (ex: Documents)
  2. From the Build Content tab, select Item
  3. Within the text editor, type in the name of your link, and then highlight it with your mouse
  4. Click the Insert/Edit Link button
type in the name of your link, high light it with your mouse, and click the hyperlink button
  1. In the new window, type the URL into the Link Path field
  2. Change Target to Open in New Window
  3. Click Insert and then Submit
type the URL in the link path field, change target to open in new window, and click insert



Page last modified November 18, 2020