Add menu items
Updated 06 Nov 2023
In some courses, instructors and section instructors can add new menu items to the course menu.
- Each menu item you add can open to rich text, link to an external web page, or open a file (document, presentation, spreadsheet, video, or other) that's created outside of the course.
- You can add a single file for each course menu item. To point to multiple resources, consider adding links to a rich text page.
Add a new menu item to the course menu
- If available in your course, select Manage Course from the course menu so that Edit Course Menu becomes active.
- Select Add page.
- For Page name (Required), enter a name.
- For Content Type, choose one of the following:
- Rich text — Select Rich text to enter and format text using the provided HTML editor. Besides text formatting, you can use the editor to insert an image, link, media, or table as well as to preview, check the source code, and more. If you copy and paste text into the content editor workspace, it does not automatically covert to HTML. To copy and paste text as HTML, select
Source code from either the View or Tools menu. - Link — Select Link to link the menu item to an external website that opens in the content pane.
- Document — Select Document to add a document or media file. Either drag the document to where it says Drop files here or select Browse to select it. You can add one file per course menu item. For information about supported document types and file sizes, see Add a document or media file as a menu item.
To add a page with multiple resources, use a Rich text page with links or resources in it.
- Rich text — Select Rich text to enter and format text using the provided HTML editor. Besides text formatting, you can use the editor to insert an image, link, media, or table as well as to preview, check the source code, and more. If you copy and paste text into the content editor workspace, it does not automatically covert to HTML. To copy and paste text as HTML, select
- To control whether students see the menu item, use Visible to students.
- Select Add to create the new menu item.
The new menu item shows 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, or archive the menu item. For a rich text content page, you can continue to develop its content.
Add a submenu (child) item to the course menu
- Select Manage Course from the course menu so that Edit Course Menu becomes active.
- On the Edit Course Menu page, select the
3-dot menu for the menu item row, then select Add child page. If needed, select 
to expand submenu (child)items. - For Page name (Required), enter a name.
- For Content Type, choose one of the following:
- Rich text — Select Rich text to enter and format text using the provided content editor. Besides text formatting, you can use the editor to insert an image, link, media, or table as well as to preview, check the source code, and more. If you copy and paste text into the content editor workspace, it does not automatically covert to HTML. To copy and paste text as HTML, select Source code from either the View or Tools menu.
- Link — Select Link to link the menu item to an external website that opens in the content pane. For Link, enter a URL that begins with https://.
- Document — Select Document to add a document or media file. Either drag the document to where it says Drop files here or select Browse to select it. For any image you add, enter Alt text to describe the image so it is accessible to students. (For student accessibility to video files, include a script with the video.) Then select Add. You can add one document per course menu item. To add a page with multiple resources, use a Rich text page with links or resources in it.
- Rich text — Select Rich text to enter and format text using the provided content editor. Besides text formatting, you can use the editor to insert an image, link, media, or table as well as to preview, check the source code, and more. If you copy and paste text into the content editor workspace, it does not automatically covert to HTML. To copy and paste text as HTML, select
- To control whether students see the menu item, use Visible to students.
- Select Add to create the new menu item.
The new menu item shows at the bottom of the course menu. You can rearrange its position. You can also rename the item, hide/show the item to students, or develop its content at any time.