In Oncourse, how do I add a matrix to the menubar of my site?

In the portfolio environment, you can create a direct link to any matrix from the menubar of any site. This might be useful when, for example, a matrix supporting an academic program resides in a portfolio site, and the faculty in that program want to link to the matrix from their course sites. As long as they are members of both the course site and the portfolio site, students can use the menubar link to view and work with the matrix without leaving the course site.

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.

To create the link:

1. Go to the site containing the matrix, and then click Matrices.
   
   
2. Locate the desired matrix, right-click its name, and choose Copy link location to copy the URL for the matrix to the Clipboard.
   
   
3. Go to the site in which you would like to add a link to the matrix.
   
   
4. Click Site Setup, and then Edit Tools.
   
   
5. Check Web Content to add a new Web Content tool. Then click Continue.
   
   
6. In the Web Content screen, enter a short title in the "Title" field. Delete the "http://" from the source field and paste the matrix URL into the field.
   
   
7. Click Continue, and then click Finish.

The matrix link should now appear in the menubar. Test the link by clicking it.

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