A link to Blackboard sidebar items can be inserted into content by adding a SPAN element with a data-sidebar attribute. The data-sidebar attribute must contain the exact name used in the Blackboard sidebar.

HTML

<span data-sidebar="Sidebar Link Name">... link title ...</span>

Example

The following example will create a link to the same location as the ‘Assessment Tasks and Submission’ sidebar link.

<p>Access your <span data-sidebar="Assessment Tasks and Submission">assessments</span> from the navigation menu.</p>

Note

This link will still function when a unit is rolled over as it doesn't use the actual URL. It will break if the name of the sidebar item is changed, that is to say, it no longer matches the name in the data-sidebar attribute.