Add an external website as a menu item

In some courses, you can add a website as a course menu item. When you select the menu item, the website opens in the content pane.

You can't embed a YouTube video as a course menu item. See instead Insert a YouTube video on a content page.

  1. If available in your course, select Manage Course so that Edit Course Menu becomes active.
  2. Select Add page.
  3. For Page name (Required), enter a name.
  4. For Content Type, select Link.
  5. To control whether students see the menu item, use Visible to students.
  6. For Link, enter a URL that begins with https://.

    For security reasons, it's best practice to use a site that begins with https://, not http://.

  7. Select Add to create the new menu item.
  8. To test the new menu item, select it from the course menu to see if the website shows in the content pane.

    Important: Some websites might not allow their site to load within a different site or software. For example, you cannot use the Link option for a YouTube video.

    The new external website menu item displays at the bottom of the course menu. You can rearrange its position. You can also rename the menu item, hide/show the menu item to students, archive the menu item or restore/delete the menu item.

  1. Select Manage Course from the main menu.
  2. Find the menu item in the list, using the expand folder icon to find the item, if necessary.
  3. Select Edit.
  4. Edit the page name.
  5. Edit the URL link. Include https://, and confirm the URL string is correct.

    Note: For the greatest security, it's best practice to use https addresses. If you know that the website is incompatible with https addresses, use an http address instead.

  6. Select Save.