This document provides instructions for linking directly to assignment pages from content pages in an online course. It explains how to copy the URL of an assignment page, select text or an image to link in course content, paste the URL, and save to create a clickable link from the content to the assignment page. The link allows students to easily submit assignments from within the lesson content.

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2. Example
0 Clicking on a specific text/image content will take you directly
to the Assignment page for submission.
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3. LTTC Tutorials
Please refer to the following LTTC Tutorials for assignment creation
and settings. (Clicking on the title will direct you to the tutorial)
0 Creating assignment link for a file or online text submission
0 Creating assignment link for multiple files submission
0 Creating a Turnitin Assignment in a Moodle Course (Basic Settings)
0 Advanced Settings for Turnitin Assignments on Late
Submission, Report Generation and Assignment Storage
0 Setting Submission Period and Results Release Date for Turnitin
Assignments
0 Other Advanced Settingsfor Turnitin Assignments
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4. How-To?
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5. 1. Click the assignment link to open the Assignment page
1. Copy the web address (URL) of this page
Example: the URL is
https://moodle.ied.edu.hk/mod/assignment/view.php?id=58923
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6. 3. Return to the course main page, and locate where you want
to put the link
Example: you’d like to add a link in lesson 1 content.
4. Click the icon under the block to open the editor
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7. 5. Highlight the text/image you’d like to add the link
Example: Highlighting ‘click here’.
6. Click on the link icon
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8. 7. Enter info onto the pop-up window
URL = the copied web address of the assignment page
Example: https://moodle.ied.edu.hk/mod/assignment/view.php?id=58923
Title = what appears when the mouse rolls over the link
7. Click ‘OK’
8. Click ‘Save and
return to course’
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