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Open Rich Content Editor

Open the Rich Content Editor when creating or editing an announcement, assignment, discussion, page, quiz, or syllabus.

Select Link Location

To insert a hyperlink to a course or group content item, select the text for your hyperlink [2]. Or to insert a link displaying the name of the course or group content item, click to place your cursor in the location in the Rich Content Editor where you want the link to appear [1].

Open Course Links

In the toolbar, click the Link Options arrow [1] and select the Course Link option [2].

You can create a link to group content when using the Rich Content Editor within groups.

In the toolbar, click the Link Options arrow [1] and select the Group Links option [2].

Notes:

To create hyperlinks to group content or Group Navigation links, you must open the Rich Content Editor within a group.

• If creating a link within a group, you can link to group file types. The option name displays as Group Images, Group Media, or Group Documents [3].

Select Course or Group Content

Use the Add menu to select the linked content. 

To search for course or group content, type at least three characters in the Search field.

Content items are grouped by content type. To view a list of course or group content items click the arrow icon next to the content type. Then click the name of the course or group item you want to link in the Rich Content Editor.

Add Course or Group Content

To add a content item, open the content section [1] and click the Add one! link [2].

Drag and Drop Course or Group Content Links

You can also choose to drag and drop course or group content links from the Add menu by selecting the item and dragging and dropping it to the desired location in the Rich Content Editor.

Insert Course Navigation Link

You can also insert Course Navigation links from the Add menu. When a user clicks on an inserted Course Navigation link, Canvas will navigate them to that course feature page.

Edit Hyperlink

To edit a course link, hover over the text for your hyperlink and click the Link Options link.

The updated feature allows users to quickly and efficiently update course links by choosing a replacement from all available course links.

From the sidebar you can view and update the text and the link URL [1].

To replace the course or group content link, enter at least three characters in the Search field [2]. Or you can use the feature area sections to find and replace the content [3].

Click the Replace button [4].

Save changes.

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