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Canvas: Creating a content link in a page

In Canvas, instructors have the ability to link other content within a page. To link a page, assignment, quiz, announcement, discussions, modules and course navigation tools to a page, please do the following:
  1. Once you are in a page, either select Insert > Links > Course Links from the top, left menu (1) or select the Links icon > Course Links at the center of the rich content editor (2).

    Canvas Link for adding course links

  2. Select the dropdown to the other content you would like to link within the page from the bump-out menu on the right, such as an assignment (3).

    Adding the Course URL to the course link in Canvas

  3. Select the specific name of the assignment you would like to link within the page (4). 

Saving link
4. Once the assignment is selected, a hyperlink will appear within the Rich Text Editor (RTE) (5). This hyperlink will take the student to the active assignment once the page is saved and published (6).  

Save and Publish button



Keywords:
assignment link, discussion link, content link, quiz link, page link, announcement link, module link 
Doc ID:
93511
Owned by:
Marty W. in UW Stout
KnowledgeBase
Created:
2019-08-01
Updated:
2024-06-06
Sites:
UW Stout