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Add external learning tools

- [Instructor] On occasion you may find yourself using a third-party providers who's made their content available to your classes. This could be something like a textbook publisher releasing special online content or library database making their resources available. These are called external learning tools. To set them up start on the course administration page then head down to the site resources section and select external learning tools. There you'll see a list of any tools created at the administrator level and shared with you. To create your own, select new link. This takes you to the new link creation interface. Now, we don't actually have a subscription to an external service to demo, but we'll still take you through all the steps. Begin by giving your external resource a title. Perhaps something like Textbook Online Supplement. Below this, include the URL for the site so the resource knows where to direct. If you'd like you can also write up a brief description of the…

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