You can link to any file in your GAFE drive from any HTML editor in your Moodle course, e.g. a forum message, the description of an activity, a wiki page, or a Page resource. The process starts with writing some text that your file is linked to and then execute the following steps (you can click the pictures to see them at true size):<\/p>\n
Step 1<\/p>\n
As a File resource<\/strong><\/p>\n Instead of adding a file from your GAFE drive as a link to a piece to text, you can also add a GAFE drive file to the course page. To do that you turn editing on on the course page and click the Add an activity or resource<\/strong> link at the bottom of a course section. In the resulting pop up window, scroll down and under RESOURCES, select File. The following settings page will open:<\/p>\n Note that the Select files dropbox in the image above also appears in other places, like the attachment box to forum message or the submission box in an assignment. You can, of course, insert GAFE Drive files in those as well!<\/p>\n As a URL resource<\/strong><\/p>\n The above two options download a copy of\u00a0 the file from GAFE Drive to the user’s computer. Any edits the user makes in the file will not appear in the original file in GAFE Drive, since that file is only editable in GAFE Drive. To have users edit a file in your GAFE Drive, you can share the file via a link as shown below (Click the pic for a better view):<\/p>\n Next you can add that copied Share link either to an HTML editor as described above (except that in Step 1, you do not click Browse, but paste the share link in the link URL box and then jump to Step 4), OR you can add it as a resource on the course page. To do that you turn editing on on the course page and click the Add an activity or resource<\/strong> link at the bottom of a course section. In the resulting pop up window, scroll down and under RESOURCES, select URL. The following settings page will open:<\/p>\n Embedded in an HTML editor<\/strong><\/p>\n Finally, it is possible to post an editable Google drive document inside an HTML editor in Moodle. This allows users to navigate and edit the document from the Moodle page. This is a bit more complex and involves some codes that not everyone has rights to use in Moodle on account of possible security issues. Therefore, if you want to achieve this, contact us at the eLearning Centre for assistance.<\/p>\n YouTube<\/strong><\/p>\n As YouTube is presently a Google service, it is often seen as part of GAFE. Needless to say, Moodle offers an option to link to YouTube videos too via the File picker as you could already see in Step 3 above. You can embed the videos in any HTML editor:<\/p>\n![\"linkgafe1\"](\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/evinkki\/files\/2016\/10\/linkGAFE1.jpg\")
<\/a>Step 2<\/p>\n<\/a>Step 3<\/p>\n<\/a>Step 4<\/p>\n<\/a>When the link is added to the text, you can complete your text, but don’t forget to submit your text \/save changes \/ post your message. The text will display with an active link. Clicking the link will download the file from your GAFE drive to the user’s computer that will try to open it with a suitable Office application.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n