- 06 Aug 2024
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URL resource settings
- Updated on 06 Aug 2024
- 3 minutes to read
Settings
Settings | Description | Notes |
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Name | A name for the URL resource, this will be displayed on the course page. | - |
External URL | The URL you wish to add. | - |
Description | A description of the URL, which might include instructions or guidance on why the URL is useful. | - |
Display description on course page | If enabled, the description above will be displayed on the course page just below the link to the activity or resource. | - |
Display | This setting, together with the URL file type and whether the browser allows embedding, determines how the URL is displayed. Options may include:
| If you are using the Pathway course format then you will only be able to select the Display link or Embed options. |
Pop-up width (in pixels) | If you have chosen the In pop-up display option then you can set the size of the window. | - |
Pop-up height (in pixels) | If you have chosen the In pop-up display option then you can set the size of the window. | - |
Display URL description | Choose whether to display the URL description for the In frame or Embed display options. | - |
URL variables | Some internal Totara variables may be automatically appended to the URL. Type your name for the parameter into each text box and then select the required matching variable. There are a number of ¶meter=variable fields for you to enter the variable name into, with a dropdown menu alongside it to select the varibale (such as course id, user fullname and URL cmid). | - |
Common module settings | See the Common module settings page for more information. | - |
Restrict access | See the restricting access documentation for more information. | - |
Activity completion | See the Activity completion page for more information. | - |
Tags | See the tags documentation for more information. | - |
Plugin settings
If you go to Quick-access menu > Plugins > Activity modules > URL you can configure the site-wide settings and defaults.
Remember to click Save changes once you are finished.
Setting | Description | Notes |
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Frame height | When a web page or an uploaded file is displayed within a frame, this value is the height (in pixels) of the top frame (which contains the navigation). | - |
Password | This secret phrase is used to produce encrypted code value that can be sent to some servers as a parameter. The encrypted code is produced by an md5 value of the current user IP address concatenated with your secret phrase. ie code = md5(IP.secretphrase). Please note that this is not reliable because IP address may change and is often shared by different computers. | - |
Include role names in parameters | Enable if you want to include localised role names in the list of available parameter variables. | - |
Available display options | Select all options that should be available, existing settings are not modified. Hold the CTRL key to select multiple fields. | - |
Display URL description | Display the URL description below content. Some display types may not display descriptions even if enabled. | - |
Display | Choose display type. Unfortunately not all types are suitable for all URLs. | - |
Pop-up width (in pixels) | Specifies default width of popup windows. | - |
Pop-up height (in pixels) | Specifies default height of popup windows. | - |
You can also go to Experimental features and enable dragging and dropping of text and links onto a course page. If enabled, when a link is dropped on the page Totara will offer to add it to the course as a URL.