Blog

Linking an announcement to content in D2L Brightspace

This tech tip is to demonstrate how to link an announcement to a content topic. This is a good way for your students to read the announcement and then they can click right where you would like them to go in the content area.

 

1. Create an announcement on your course homepage. In this case, this will be the first announcement of the course. Click the Create an Announcement link:

A link to create an announcement

2. Create your announcement:

Sample of an announcement in D2L

 

3. Select the text you would like linked to the content and click the Insert Ouicklink icon:

Selected text and insert Quicklink button

 

4. Click Content:

Content Quicklink

5. Click where you want the link to lead the student. You may need to click a few times to get to the destination:

Sample instructions quicklink

 

6. Select Option for the announcement and then save or publish the announcement:

Option for Announcements and Publish and Save as Draft buttons

 

 

Share this:

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *