How to add materials to your course site

Get a link from library search

To get a link to course materials using library search:

  1. Find the content and select the green "Available online" link. This will take you to the item in its database.
  2. Look for a link titled "Permalink," "Copy link," or "Copy direct link"
  3. Selecting that link will usually copy the URL to your clipboard. Otherwise, you can highlight and copy the URL.
  4. Paste the URL into our ezproxy tool. This will add an ezproxy prefix to the URL, making access from off campus much easier. (Note: Only use the ezproxy tool with the direct link to the content, not the PERMALINK from the library search page [which starts with arizona-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com]. Adding an ezproxy prefix to library search's PERMALINK will result in a security warning error.)
  5. Paste the URL generated by the ezproxy tool in your course site
  6. If you need help creating a URL or can't get a URL to work off campus, contact your librarian

Permalinks are often really long. Shorten your links through TinyURL or Bitly if you need to display a permalink in your syllabus or elsewhere.

Get a link from a library database

If you're using a library database, how you find and get a link to course materials varies:

  1. Find the content and go to the full version of the article, ebook, or video
  2. Look for a link titled "Permalink," "Copy link," or "Copy direct link"
  3. Selecting that link will usually copy the URL to your clipboard. Otherwise, you can highlight and copy the URL.
  4. Paste the URL into our ezproxy tool. This will add an ezproxy prefix to the URL, making access from off campus much easier. (Note: Only use the ezproxy tool with the direct link to the content, not the PERMALINK from the library search page [which starts with https://arizona-primo.hosted]. Adding an ezproxy prefix to library search's PERMALINK will result in a security warning error.)
  5. Paste the URL generated by the ezproxy tool in your course site
  6. If you need help creating a URL or can't get a URL to work off campus, contact your librarian

Permalinks are often really long. Shorten your links through TinyURL or Bitly if you need to display a permalink in your syllabus or elsewhere.

Add a link to your course site

To add a link to course materials to your D2L Brightspace course site:

  1. Select "Content" from the navbar within your course site
  2. In a module, select the "Upload/Create" button
  3. Select "Create a Link"
  4. In "Title", enter the item's title or your own description
  5. In "URL", paste the URL (found using the steps above or provided by the library)
  6. Check the "Open as External Resource" box
  7. Click "Create"

It's best to link directly to content rather than upload PDFs. Permalinks are often really long. Shorten your links through TinyURL or Bitly if you need to display a permalink in your syllabus or elsewhere.

An exception is with document delivery (digitized chapters and articles we email to you). The links we email you expire after 30 days, so it's best to upload the PDF to D2L Brightspace.