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Linking to Database Content in Moodle: Digital Theatre +

Guide to linking to articles, audio, & video in Moodle using persistent links.

Digital Theatre+

Persistent Links in Digital Theatre+

1) In Digital Theatre+, search/locate the content you wish to link to and click on the linked title or image.

Digital Theatre + content example

2)  On the next page, copy the URL in the browser box (highlight, then ctrl + c, or right click + "copy").

Digital Theatre + url example

3)  In another tab, sign in to myMillikin and open your Moodle course.  Click "turn editing on."

4)  In the desired week/section of your Moodle course, click the option to "Add activity or resource."

Moodle- Add Activity or Resource

Next, choose "URL" from the list of options.

Moodle Add URL Option

5)  On the next screen, type in the information for the article in the "name" and "description" blanks (you may wish to copy and paste the citation information from the database).

  • For example:

    Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead. Directed by Simon McBurney, 28 April 2024, The Lowry, Salford. Digital Theatre +, https://edu-digitaltheatreplus-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/content/productions/drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead. Accessed May 21, 2024.

6)  In the box labeled "external URL," paste in the URL you copied earlier.

Moodle link information

7)  Click "save and return to course." Test the link to make sure it works.