Managing Web Links
There are two places where you can place links to web pages.  There is a "Web Links" link in the main menu on the left - use this for links for all your students regardless of what class they are in.  There is also a "Web Links" tab for each class - use this where you want to separate links according to classes.

In both cases you can set up categories to help organize the links.  The links are displayed by category first and then alphabetically by link name.
 

Teacher functions include:


To Add a Web Link --

In the sample below there are four links in the category "Schools".  Lets add a fifth one.

1 - Make sure you login first.

2 - Click on one of the "Web Links" links as shown above.

3 - Click the "Add Link" button at the bottom of the page.

4 - An "Enter New Link" form will open in a new browser window.

5 - Fill in the "Link Category".  You may make up what you want for categories.  Categories will be listed in alphabetical order.  You can change the order by starting each category with a number.  Spacing and capitalization are critical for proper grouping on the page.

6 - Fill in the "Link Title".  A short phrase that tell what the site is.

7 - I recommend that you open another browser window and navigate to the page you want to link.  Highlight the URL or Address at the top of your browser window and copy the address.  You can use [Edit] ==> [Copy] on the menu or use <CTRL/C> or </C> on the keyboard. 

8 - Now go back to the "Enter New Link" form. Paste in the address.  On the menu select [Edit] ==> [Paste] or use <CTRL/V> or </V> on the keyboard.  You can also just type in the URL in the box.  If you type it in yourself, make sure you start it with http:// - the link will not work if you leave it off.

9 - Type in a description of the site - this should give your sstudents a good idea of what they should expect to find there.

10 - Lastly click on the [Save] button.

11 - You will see a message indicating that the new link has been added.  This window should close in 5 seconds, if it does not, close it yourself.

12 - To see the changes, click back on the "Web Links" link.  The new link should now be there.



To Edit a Web Link --

1 - Make sure you login first.

2 - Click on one of the "Web Links" links as shown above.

3 - Click on "Edit" in the "Admin" column of the link you want to edit.

4 - A new "Edit Web Link" browser window will open.

5- Change the data as needed.

6 - Then click on the "Save" button.

7 - You will see a message indicating that the link has been updated.  This window should close in 5 seconds, if it does not, close it yourself.

8 - To see the changes, click back on the "Web Links" link.  The update link should now be there now.



To Delete a Web Link --

1 - Make sure you login first.

2 - Click on one of the "Web Links" links as shown above.

3 - Click on "Delete" in the "Admin" column of the link you want to edit.

4 - Verify that you have the correct entry and then click on the "Delete" button.

5 - You will see a message indicating that the link has been deleted.  This window should close in 5 seconds, if it does not, close it yourself.

6 - To see the changes, click back on the "Web Links" link.  The link will be gone.



By: Dean B. Zaharis
Last Update: February 12, 2005