That's true Mark, I take your point. We should be getting BB to work for us,
not working for it. Perhaps we should be compiling these small niggles with
BB6 and forwarding them to the likes of Paul Grist. The issue about putting
images in Announcements via the Text Box editor is another such one.
John Edmonstone
Cardonald College
-----Original Message-----
From: Eason, Mark [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 28 April 2004 09:06
To: 'John Edmonstone'
Subject: RE: Links within courses
The only problem with this is, if you then copy a course to change it's
course code, for example to reflect that it will be active during the 04-05
academic year, the link becomes broken. For example, the current link for
the document is
http://blackboard.chichester.ac.uk/@@3d22f11fce309b14796ac009553b3451/course
s/1/ILTFPP/content/_38370_1/practitioner_log.doc
If I then rename the course code and delete the original, ILTFPP won't exist
as a course and the link will become broken- not ideal, and if you're forced
to make direct links to things you may a well just run an intranet! I
thought Blackboard was supposed to make life easier!
Thanks for the reply at any rate.
Mark Eason
ILT Administrator
Chichester College
-----Original Message-----
From: John Edmonstone [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 27 April 2004 15:23
Subject: Re: Links within courses
Mark
I had the same problem, and if you look at the link that the Internal Link
mechanism is creating (by right-clicking on the the link text and choosing
properties) it is linking to a content area, or other area, not to a
document. I have found a solution which is as follows:
1. Don't use the internal course link mechanism, but instead use add item.
2. In the text box for the add item switch to html.
3. Write an <a href=> link in here, using the absolute URL of the course
document that you want to link to (derive this by right-clicking on the
course document link and choosing properties).
4. Make sure, in the html, that you set the target to "_self" or it will not
appear in the right frame.
5. Bingo, you have a link to a specific course document.
This is clearly not ideal and requires some jiggery-pokery, but it does
work.
John Edmonstone
Cardonald College
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Eason [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 27 April 2004 14:48
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Links within courses
Hello everyone,
I'm trying to set up a course site for our Ferl Practitioners Programme
delivery, and as some of you will know, there are a number of shared
modules between strands. I have built seperate content areas for
each 'strand' (called Strand 1 through to Strand 5) and another content
area for the core modules (called Core Modules somewhat imaginatively).
Using the 'Course Link' button from within a content area I can link to
another area, or a folder within that area. For example, From my Strand 1
area I can use the 'Course Link' button to link to the Core Modules area,
and to a folder within the Core Modules area. What I don't appear to be
able to do is link to a specific document, although the screen displayed
when you form the link appears to let you select a specific document.
Has anybody else experienced this, or am i missing a trick somewhere?
Thanks
Mark Eason
ILT Administrator
Chichester College
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