PSU - Creating a Hyperlink

This article describes how to create a hyperlink on Mahara. This article will be most helpful to PSU faculty who are interested in creating hyperlinks on their pages.

Summary

This article describes how to create a hyperlink on Mahara. This article will be most helpful to PSU faculty who are interested in creating hyperlinks on their pages.

 

How-To

 

Instructions

Step 1 - Once in Mahara, click on Main Menu in the upper right side of the dashboard page indicated by horizontal lines.

Step 2 - Click on the down arrow next to Create title.

Step 3 - Click on the Pages and Collections sub-title.

Step 4 - Click on title of Page you want to edit.

Step 5 - Click the Pencil Icon button (edit mode).

Step 6 - Drag a Note block to the portfolio page (found under the General title on block type menu on left side of screen)

Step 7 - Under the Block Content title, click the down-arrow button to toggle the text editor toolbar on.

Step 8 - Place your cursor in the text box where you would like the link to locate. Click the link button (looks like an diagonal 8 or chain)

Step 9 - Paste the URL of the page you'd like to link to into the URL section.

Step 10 - Add text to the Text to display section.

Step 11 - Click OK, then click Save.

Step 12 - Click Display Page under page title to test the link!

 

Outcome

Users should be able to create hyperlinks on Mahara pages.

 

Need additional help?

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