Ultra - Attaching a OneDrive File via Link

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Attaching a OneDrive File via Web Link

1. Log into your Microsoft 365 account.

2. Click the OneDrive App

3. Select the file you want to link too.

File page in Microsoft 365 with a red arrow pointing to a syllabus Word file.

4. Click “Copy link”.

File page in Microsoft 365 with a red arrow pointing to option to copy a link, which would copy the link to the file you are putting in a Blackboard course.

5. Click "Settings".

A link copied notification with a red arrow pointing to the settings option for that link.

6. Click "People in Rhode Island College".

Link settings with a red arrow pointing to the option for People in Rhode Island college to see the content course link.

7. Leave the more settings to "Can view", so that students will only have the permission to view the file. 

8. Click "Apply".

A red arrow with a number 1 next to it pointing to the can view option for the file. Another red arrow with a number two next to it pointing to the apply button.

9. The link has been copied.

A message that says the link has been copied and that only people in the organization with the link can view.

10. Now move over to your Blackboard course and navigate to the location where you want to deploy the link.

11. On the Course Content page, select the purple plus sign where you would like to add the link:

Red arrow pointing to the Blackboard create plus sign.

12. Click "Create".

A list of the create options in Blackboard. A red arrow pointing to the create option.

13. Click "Link".

A red arrow pointing to the option to create a link.

14. Do the following:

A. Make sure that "Web Link" is selected.

B. Make it available to students.

C. Enter in a Display Name 

D. Paste in the link URL

E. (Optional) Add in a Description 

New link set up page. A list of options to display name of link, a space for inserting the URL, and a space to put in a description of that link.

15. Click "Save".

A red arrow pointing to the save option for that link.

Link has been added in your course.

An image of the Blackboard course content page and what a link to your Microsoft 365 account looks like on that main content page.

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