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By Dick Evans, 7-6-2005

The content page in WebCT makes it easy to load a number of useful = bits of=20 information for a student to view. And each time they access one of the = links,=20 they are tracked so the professor can check up on who linked out to = which file=20 and how often.

The one flaw in this approach is that the links must be to HTML = files. Most=20 of our work might be saved as Word documents or even PDF files. The = links work=20 but the tracking feature does not.

Here is a simple method to use to get your .doc and .pdf links to = track.

1. Upload the file you want the student to link to MyFiles

2. Using notepad (or any other text editor), copy/paste the following = lines=20 of HTML code:

<html>

<head>

<meta http-equiv=3D"Refresh" content=3D"0;URL=3D

yourfile.pdf

">

<title>WebCT Content Link</title>

</head>

<body>

<p>Please Wait!</p>

</body>

</html>

3. Replace yourfile.pdf with the name of the file you = uploaded. Be=20 sure to include the file extention as well as the name =96 the .doc or = .pdf

4. Save this file with the same name as yourfile, but with the = extension .htm

5. Upload yourfile.htm to MyFiles

6. Add yourfile.htm as the link on your contents page and = change the=20 title to read whatever you want the students to see.

When the student clicks the link on the content page, they open=20 yourfile.htm and that action is tracked. Yourfile.htm=20 automatically opens the other file and they view the .doc or .pdf file = as they=20 did before.