Using Oncourse Syllabus, how do I display a web page, PDF, or Word file?
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Note: To complete these procedures, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. To view a list of permissions associated with a given role, see Permissions, roles, and tools. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles: Overview.
You can direct your site's syllabus to an HTML, PDF, or Microsoft Word file that you've uploaded to Resources, or to an external URL. To redirect your syllabus, follow the appropriate instructions below.
Note: If you don't see the Syllabus tool on your site's menubar, add it before following the instructions below. See Adding, removing, hiding, or reordering tools.
Display an external URL
To display an external URL, such as a web page on your department's server:
- In your site's menubar, click
Syllabus.
- Click
Create/Edit, and thenRedirect.
- In the "URL" field, type the URL for the page you wish to display as your
syllabus.
- Click
Save.
Display an HTML, PDF, or Word file
To display an HTML, PDF, or Microsoft Word file:
- Upload your file to your site's Resources; see Working with files in Resources.
- After uploading your file, if you're not already in the Resources
tool, in the menubar, click
Resources.
- To get your file's URL, right-click (for Mac OS X,
Ctrl-click) the filename and select the copy command for your browser (i.e., for Internet Explorer, selectCopy Shortcut; for Firefox, selectCopy Link Location).
- In the menubar, click
Syllabus.
- Click
Create/Edit, and thenRedirect.
- In the "URL" field, paste your URL (for Windows,
Ctrl-v; for Mac OS X,Command-v).
- Click
Save.
Note: Selecting a PDF file as your syllabus will cause a new window to open for Mac users using Firefox.
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Last modified on February 08, 2012.








