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Library Resources for Blackboard 9.1

Embed Course Pages

Embedding Library Course Support Pages in Blackboard 9.1

Embedding Library Course Support Pages in Blackboard SDSU Librarians can prepare course-specific research pages for individual classes. These course pages will give students specific tips about how and where to get started on their research, tied to the assignments for your class.

Locate Course Support Page from this page: http://library.sdsu.edu/guides/courses.php and copy the URL.


How to integrate this into Blackboard:

  1. From the Course Menu in Blackboard, choose the Content Area where you'd like an item to appear.
  2.  Type in the name of the Course Support Guide
  3. Press Ctrl-V to paste the URL into the URL field
  4. Click Submit

Adding a Research Guide to your Class

If there are any questions or issues about adding a Library Research Guide to your class, please reach out to Rebecca Nowicki or Kate Holvoet

To add a Research Guide to you Blackboard class: 

  1. Click on the + symbol to add content
  2. Select Tool Link
  3. Name for the link to the guide. Make this name something that would make sense to students and explains what it is. 
  4. Use the dropdown under where you entered the name labeled Type and select Library Guide
  5. Submit
  6. Link will be added, click the box after the link and select  Show Link to make the link visable for students.