Daniel Webster College
 

Blackboard Tip

Create a Link to the Discussion Board

Introduction
You may want to create a link directly to the discussion board within your course documents or assignments or in other parts of the course that do not allow you to Browse for a course link. Here’s how.

v      Find the url for the Discussion Board page in your course.

v      Insert the url where you want the clickable link.

 Find the URL and copy it

 To link to the first page of the Discussion Board:

v      Right click on the Discussion Board button on the left side of the Blackboard screen.

v      Choose Properties.

v      Highlight the Address (URL) field and press Control/C to copy it. Make sure you copy the whole thing.

 To link to the first page of a particular forum:

v      Right click on the name of the forum, for example,

v      Choose Properties.

v      Highlight the Address (URL) field and press Control/C to copy it. Make sure you copy the whole thing.

 Insert the URL

      v      Open the part of the course where you want the link to appear.

v      Press Control/V to paste the link.

v      If you want to display the link hidden behind other text like “Click Here to go to the Discussion Board” insert the following bolded text and insert the link where shown:
 <a href=__insert URL here___>Click Here to go to the Discussion Board</a>