How to Hyperlink
Your performance in this class will be partially evaluated on your ability to utilize certain technologies to enhance your online voice. Employing multiple technologies, such as hyperlinks, can often strengthen your argument and bolster your credibility. I encourage you to use hyperlinks in your posts, particularly in your Formal Discussion Blog posts. To make a hyperlink (a link within a body of text that refers to another document):
- Simply insert the following html tag into your post:<a href=""></a>
- Next, you insert the url (the site's web address to which you are linking) between the quotation marks.
- Finally you insert the text that you want displayed as the hyperlink between the ><.
For example, suppose that you want to direct fellow students to the front page of both cnn and reuters news, where there are two different articles that support a point you are making about gender socialization in small children. Your blog post may look like this:
Jason, you make the claim that “things like video games don't really play any kind of role in the socialization process.” I disagree with this position. It seems like we still don't know the impact of these messages , especially on small children . I see this discussion connecting to a point that Samantha raised about…
But you would need to type:
Jason, you make the claim that “things like video games don't really play any kind of role in the socialization process.” I disagree with this position. It seems like we still don't know the <a href="http://www.cnn.com“>impa
Remember to be careful in using your spacing and symbols. If a link is not working, double check that you have all characters in the correct order and do not have any extra spacing.