Creating a Hyperlink to a Tegrity Recording You may create links in your ecampus course content to Tegrity recording. Begin by obtaining the hyperlink shortcut for the recording you wish to link. Go to the recording list for the class. Select the checkbox in front of the title of the recording you wish to obtain the link for in the recording list. Click the Actions list at the bottom of the page to expand the list. Select Get Class Link from the Actions list.
The Direct Link to session dialog box opens. At this point you must decide if to leave the Require Users to Login to view the session checkbox checked or unchecked. Decide based on the following. Check the checkbox in front of Require Users to Login to view the session only if you would like to require users to login prior to viewing the class recording. This option requires students to reenter their Blinn username and password to view the video. This can be a stumbling block to students, especially if the students are accessing a video residing in a course section they are not enrolled in as a student. The best practice is to leave this unchecked to allow easy access. However, if you want reports that detail the names of the students who viewed the recording you must leave the box checked and be ready to resolve login problems. If you leave it unchecked viewing reports will list the number of viewings without a user identity. To place a Hyperlink to the recording in your class use your mouse to select the address in the URL: text box. Selecting the Embed link script text selects the JavaScript code required to embed a player window on your ecampus course page so the Tegrity video displays as part of your course pages. You must use an ecampus page content item to embed the code. The embed does not work with a folder content item; it must be a page content item. After clicking on one of the links to select it, press the Control + C button to copy the link, or script, to the clipboard. Return to your ecampus class. Paste the video s URL link in the Link URL text box of an ecampus Link content item. You may also email the link to your students. To use the Embed Link script in ecampus, paste it in the HTML editor s source code view of a Page content item. Embed will not work in any type of ecampus content item you must use at Page item. Detailed directions on creating a link in ecampus >>> go to the next page.
How to Create/Edit a Link To add a link to the World Wide Web to the Lessons page: 1. Log into your ecampus (ANGEL ) course and click the Lessons tab. 2. Click the Add Content hyperlink. 3. Click the Link content item. The New Link Settings tabs display. On the Content tab: 1. Enter a descriptive title for the link. 2. The subtitle field is optional. 3. The Page text field is optional. Page text content is only viewable to instructors. 4. The Link Target drop-down list allows you to choose how the linked Web page will open in your browser window. Select one of the following: a. Same Widow: Opens in the same window you are using. b. New Window: Opens in a new window. (Pop-up window) To alleviate copyright concerns links to external Web pages should open in a New Window so that they do not appear to be part of your course content. c. Parent Window: Opens in new window unless you are in frames. d. Top Window: Opens in topmost window which replaces your current window.
It is recommended that the No Banner checkbox be selected when opening the link item in a new window. This option eliminates the title and editor settings for the item when it opens in the new window. Optionally, you may configure the rest of the settings tabs the content item. If you save at this point the students will have the link. Test it to make sure that it works. The following options are for grading and tracking purposes which do not always apply to link content items. Click on the Access tab. 5. Set the User Tracking drop-down list to Everyone. This setting ensures that student activity reports are generated for the content item. Student activity reports are viewable on the Reports tab of each course. 6. The Viewable by drop-down list should be set to Students to allow students access to the content item. 7. Checking the Do not allow users to view this item check box hides the content item from student view. When instructors are ready for students to view the content item this box is unchecked. 8. The Team Access setting allows instructors to restrict viewing of an item to a particular group of users. This can be useful if you want to have independent group projects and you want to ensure that only members see material for their own group. Most often, team access is used for make-up work. Selecting Selected Teams from the drop-down list activates a Team List allowing you to select which teams have access to the content item. 9. To make content viewable to students between certain dates instructors may set a Start and End date for the content item. a. Selecting a Start Date prevents the item from being displayed until the specified date. This can be useful if you want to enter items ahead of time, but you do not want them displayed until a specific date. Use this setting in conjunction with the End Date setting to restrict access to a specific date. b. Selecting an End Date prevents the item from being displayed after the specified date. Use this setting in conjunction with the Start Date setting to restrict access to a specific date. The Automate tab is an optional tab for advanced automation techniques. Click on the Assignments tab.
Optionally, the link may be added to the gradebook in the Gradebook Settings section of the Assignment tab. To add the link as a gradebook: 10. Select New Assignment from the Assignment drop-down list. 11. Enter a title in the assignment title field. 12. Select a gradebook category to associated the gradebook item with. To add a new category click the Other button, type the new category s name in the pop up box. Save it. Make sure it displays in the Category drop-down list. 13. Enter the point value for the content item in the Points Possible text box. 14. Select a Calculation type. The Calculation types are as follows. a. First Submission: The grade achieved on the first submission is used b. Average Score: Grade is based on average score from all submissions c. Maximum Score: Grade is based on maximum score from all submissions d. Last Submission: Grade is based upon the user's last submission e. Manual: The grade is manually entered in the gradebook (or via Grading utility for Discussions) 15. Set the Display format to Course Default. 16. Optionally, check the Hide gradebook assignments from students to hide the gradebook grade from students, or set a Release date to automatically set a date that the students Click the Save button. Click on the new link to make sure that it works.