Add Course Links to Announcements

When you post an announcement telling students of new content that you've made available add a link to the content item to allow them to go directly from the content from the announcement.

1. Click on the Announcement link in the Control Panel.
2. Click on the Add Announcement button on the Announcement page.
3. Enter a subject and message.
4. Click on the Browse button in the Course Link section of the page. A popup window will appear allowing you to select the item to which the new link will lead  (figure 7).

Figure 7: Course Link section of Add Announcement screen.

5. Click on the submit button to set the link to the item and close the popup window.
6. Click on the submit button to post the announcement.