Managing Broken Links

How do I create hyperlinks to course or group content in the Rich Content Editor?

00:07: How do I create hyperlinks to course or group content in the Rich Content Editor? 00:12: When using the Rich Content Editor, or RCE, you can insert links to previously created course or group content. To add group content open the RCE from within a group. 00:24: Place your cursor in the RCE location where you want the link to appear or select the text that you want to link. 00:31: In the toolbar, select Link Options and select Course Link or Groups Link. 00:36: Use the Add menu to select the linked content. Content items are grouped by content type. Click the arrow icon next to the content type to expand it. 00:46: Click the item you want to link. The text will flash before turning into the hyperlink. 00:52: To search for content, type at least three characters in the Search field. 00:57: With the Add menu open, you can select additional text to link using your cursor. 01:02: Click the name of the item you want to link. 01:05: You can also drag and drop content links by dragging and dropping an item to the desired location in the RCE. 01:12: To insert a link displaying the name of the content item, place the cursor in the location where you want the link to appear. 01:19: Inserted Course Navigation links inserted will navigate users to that course feature page when clicked. 01:25: Click the X to close the Add menu. 01:28: Click the “Save” button when you are done editing. 01:31: This guide covered how to create hyperlinks to course or group content in the Rich Content Editor.

How do I create hyperlinks to user, group, or course files in the Rich Content Editor?

00:07: How do I create hyperlinks to user, course, or group files in the Rich Content Editor? 00:13: You can use the Rich Content Editor, or RCE, to insert hyperlinks to document, image, and media files stored in Canvas. 00:22: Click the text or image that you want to turn into a hyperlink. 00:26: Select Link icon from the toolbar and then either “Course Link” or “Group Link”.. 00:31: The Add menu displays links by default. To view available course, group, or user files, select “Files” from the dropdown. 00:40: Select the folder for the type of file you want to link. When using the RCE in a course, “Course files” will display. If using the RCE in a group, “Group files” will be listed instead. 00:54: Click on subfolders to see their contents. 00:57: Select the file you want to link to from the list. 01:01: The text will briefly flash before becoming a hyperlink. 01:05: To search for a file, enter the file name in the Search field. 01:09: To insert a link displaying the name of the file, place the cursor where you want the link to appear. 01:15: Select the file you want to link to from the Add menu. 01:19: The file name will appear as a hyperlink in the cursor location. 01:23: Click the X to close the Add menu. Click the Save button when you have finished editing. 01:29: This guide covered how to create hyperlinks to user, course, or group files in the Rich Content Editor.

How do I link to a document from Canvas in the Rich Content Editor?

00:07: How do I link to a document from canvas in the rich content editor? 00:12: Open the rich content editor when creating or editing an announcement assignment 00:16: discussion page quiz or syllabus. 00:21: To insert a link displaying the name of the file click to place your cursor in the location 00:25: in the rich content editor where you want the link to appear. 00:28: To insert a hyperlink to a course content item select the text for your 00:32: hyperlink. 00:35: In the toolbar click the documents icon to view the documents icon. 00:39: You may have to click the options icon. To view course or group 00:43: documents click the course or group documents option. 00:48: To view your user documents click the user documents option. 00:52: By default the add menu displays all files in your selected file source. 00:58: To sort the displayed files by image document or media file 01:02: type. Click the type drop-down menu. 01:05: To sort the displayed files by date added or alphabetically click 01:09: the sort by drop-down menu. 01:12: To search for a document enter the file name in the search field. 01:16: You must enter at least three characters for search results to display. 01:21: Click the name of the file. You want to link in the rich content editor? 01:25: View the link displaying the name of the file or the hyperlinked text. 01:29: To manage options for the link click the link title and click the link options 01:33: link. 01:35: You can edit the link text in the text field or link URL in the Link Field. 01:41: To disabled users from seeing a file preview select disable preview 01:45: option. 01:47: You can choose to display a file preview in a pop-up window or inline preview 01:51: when the link is clicked. You can also choose to expand an inline preview 01:55: by default. To allow users to view a file preview in a pop-up 01:59: window when the link is clicked select the preview in overlay option. 02:05: To allow users to view an inline preview when the link is clicked. 02:08: Click the preview inline option. 02:11: To expand the inline preview by default. 02:13: Click the expand preview by default checkbox. 02:18: To save link options. Click the done button. 02:21: Click the reply or save button. 02:24: This guide covered how the link to a document from canvas in the rich content editor.