How to create an external link learning activity

External link learning activities allow you to seamlessly integrate content from outside sources into your LearnWorlds courses. Whether you want to direct students to a useful article, a video, or a third-party resource, this feature enables you to enrich your course content and provide a diverse learning experience. 

In this guide, we’ll show you how to create an external link learning activity step by step.

Create the external link learning activity

After creating your course and the course sections:

1. Navigate to the Course Manager, locate the desired course, and go to Course outline.

2. Click Add activity.

3. Under the Embed category, select the External link.

4. Give a title to your learning activity and click on Save or Save & Edit.

Paste the page URL

To edit your external page learning activity:

1. Hover over the learning activity and click on Settings (if you have clicked on Save and Edit in the activity creation process, skip this step).

2. Paste the URL of the desired page in the respective field.

3. Click Save.

Variables 

The embed activity also supports the use of variables that can be added above or below the relevant code. This enables you to personalize the outcome by showing details such as the user's name, course ID, and additional information.

• {{USER_ID}} 
• {{USER_NAME}} 
• {{USER_EMAIL}} 
• {{COURSE_ID}} 
• {{UNIT_ID}}

User Experience

Here is how an external link can appear to your users: