Add Resource Links in Your Coursework

Alternatively, see:

• Display Images in Your Coursework
• Play Media Files in Your Coursework

1. Open the question, assignment, or announcement in which you want to add a link to your file.

2. Open the My Files window.

   From this page:	Do this:
   Question Editor	Click My Files in the Page Tools panel.
   Assignment Editor	Click Include File for the Instructions.
   Communication Home	Click My Files to the left of your announcement text.

3. Navigate to the file you want to use and select its check box.

   You can select more than one file.

4. For Paste location of file (selected below) as, select Link.

5. Set the display text for the file.

6. Select where you want your file to be included.

   In a:	Do this:
   Question	For Destination Field, select Question, Answer, or Solution.
   Assignment	For Destination Field, select Instructions.
   Announcement	For Destination Field, select Announcement.

7. Click go.

   For each file to be linked, a <userfile> tag is added to your content referencing the file ID and specifying any overrides to the display attributes.

   Examples:

   <userfile(12345)>

   <userfile(987654, link => "Syllabus", title => "Syllabus for BIO-201")>

8. If needed, cut and paste the <userfile> tag to the location where your file link should be displayed.

9. Specify other attributes that are valid for the <a> tag in HTML — for example, style or target — in the same way that the title attribute is specified.

   For example, the following code displays the link in bold and opens the document in a new browser window or tab:

   <userfile(103854, style => "font-weight: bold;", target => "_blank")>