Inserting webpages as stimulus passages

Inserting webpages as stimulus passages

Teachers can enable external web pages to show up as popup-windows for students in assignments. 


Once you have the link, follow these step by step instructions.



1. In your Question Editor, click on the blue pencil icon to open your Rich Text Editor.


2. Click on the icon that shows a piece of paper and a globe.


4. A pop-up window will open. 


Click on the 'Popup Link' tab. Here you can provide the URL and the text which will be displayed to the student.

5. Click on 'Insert' and then click on OK to return to the editor.


6. Once you add the question into an assignment, your students will see the same link that will open up a popup window when clicked.



They can click on the red cross button to the top right to close out the popup.


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