Using Quicklinks, you can create links to other areas of your course such as, quizzes, discussions, dropboxes or chat.
- Go to your Desire2Learn (D2L) course and select Content from the navbar.
- Click on New Topic.
- Click on Quicklink.
- From the Parent Module drop-down menu, select a Module name you have in your course. (If you want the quicklink in a new module, select [add module] just to the right of the Parent Module drop-down menu.)
- Enter a title for the activity. (e.g., Chat about Favorite Shoe Lacing Methods)
- In the Content section of the Quicklink screen, select the chain-link to the right of the URL text box. (Ash shown by the red square.)
- From the Insert Quicklink pop-up window, select a desired category from the Category drop-down menu. For this example “Chat” will be used.
- From the Choose an Item drop-down menu, select the desired tool. For this example, it will be the previously created chat room titled “Favorite Lace Tying Methods.”
- Select the Insert button
- Select the Save button
