Creating links between courses within Blackboard

(Remember you can now copy any section of any of your courses to another of your courses. See the separate tutorial on how to do this. This is now (in version 6) the better way to go. Otherwise follow the instructions below)

1) Any instructor can use any content area of any of their courses in version 6 of Blackboard to create links to their other course Web sites. If the instructor chooses to go this route, it is necessary to select "Yes" for the option that allows you to launch the site in an external window. Otherwise, opening a course within a course will result in a very cramped display, and the navigation frame may disappear from the linked course Web site.

If the instructor uses some basic HTML, he or she can create the link in any of the page

editors, using the Smart text option. For example, a link to the three sections of a

Spanish course might look like this:

Click <A HREF="http://fordham.blackboard.com/courses/RHSP10010012002F"> HERE </A> to go

to section 1 of Spanish 1001, Fall, 2002.

Click <A HREF="http://fordham.blackboard.com/courses/RHSP10010022002F"> HERE </A> to go

to section 2 of Spanish 1001, Fall, 2002..

Click <A HREF="http://fordham.blackboard.com/courses/RHSP10010032002F"> HERE </A> to go

to section 3 of Spanish 1001, Fall, 2002.

The word "HERE" will now become the link to each of the other courses.

2) Creating links between course Web sites in Blackboard

Again, In Blackboard 5, the format for the URL is:

http://fordham.blackboard.com/courses/1/courseid

where "courseid" is replaced with the Blackboard CourseID of the course to which you are linking. The instructor should follow the same guidelines as if they choose to use the External Links section.

If the Instructor chooses to write HTML to create the links, it will need to be modified

slightly to account for the frame at the top of the screen that includes the Blackboard 5

navigation tabs. By adding a TARGET="_top" modifier to your link tag, you will be able

to make sure the linked course opens in the entire window, instead of opening within the bottom frame. By adding a TARGET="_blank" modifier to your link tag, the linked

course will open in a new browser window. The sample HTML might look like this:

Click <A HREF="http://fordham.blackboard.com/courses/1/RHSP10010012002F" TARGET="_top">

HERE </A> to go to section 1 of Spanish 1001, Fall 2002.

Click <A HREF="http://fordham.blackboard.com/courses/1/RHSP10010022002F" TARGET="_top">

HERE </A> to go to section 2 of Spanish 1001, Fall 2002.

Click <A HREF="http://fordham.blackboard.com/courses/1/RHSP10010032002F" TARGET="_top">

HERE </A> to go to section 3 of Spanish 1001, Fall 2002.

The word "HERE" will now become the link to each of the other courses.