Blackboard - Linking to External Content

If you have a course that requires a large amount of rich-media content (audio, video, etc.), then it is possible that you will exceed your course quota quickly. For this reason, it is recommended that large files be stored outside of the Blackboard environment and linked to from within Blackboard. This tutorial will give you a brief overview of how to create these links:

1. Login to the Blackboard system (http://blackboard.clarkson.edu)
2. Select the course you want to add content to
   
   
3. Go to the control panel for that course and select the content area that you want to work with
   
   
4. Click the 'Add External Link' icon
   
   
5. Give the link a name and input the URL for your file. The text field is an optional field, as with any other content item.
   
   
6. Do not specify anything in section 2 and click 'OK'
   
   
7. Your external link will now be created in the appropriate content section:
   

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