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We hope you all had a nice winter break!  As you gear up for the start of classes, we wanted to let you know that Instructure has updated their Canvas LMS Guides website, which may result in broken links in some courses.

This may impact 51�Թ��� Online Template (KSOT) users, among others.  If you have been using a previous version of the KSOT in your courses and have copied it from semester to semester, you may have the old Canvas Student Guides link on your course home page and in the introductory discussion board.  The links have been fixed in KSOT v19.

Note: Older Canvas guide links will begin with “community.canvaslms.com,” while the updated links will begin with “community.instructure.com.”
 

How to check for and fix broken links

Follow these steps to use Link Validator tool to locate any broken links in your Canvas course, then edit the content items to fix the links.

1. Navigate into your Canvas course.
    
2. At the bottom of the course menu on the left, click Settings.
    

3. In the sidebar on the right, click Validate Links in Content.

   

    

4. Click the Start Link Validation button.  It will take a few moments to load the report.

   

    

5. The report will show you a list of any broken links in the course.  The report will show a) the content item (pages, discussions, assignments, etc.) where a broken link is located, and b) the specific link that is broken.  
   
   Click on a content item to navigate to that location.  Tip: If you open it in a new tab, you can more easily return to the link validator to work on the next link.

   

    

6. For Pages or Assignments, click the Edit button at the top of the page to open the content editor; for Discussions, click the kebab menu (three dots) > Edit.

   
   

    

7. Locate the broken link in the Rich Content Editor (the big textbox).  Click on the link, then click the Link Options button that pops up.  A panel will open on the right.

   

    

8. In the Link Options panel, remove the old link and insert the updated link.  
   
   Note: The new link for the Canvas Student Guides home page used in the KSOT is .

   

      

9. The new link will be inserted.  You should see the link briefly flash yellow on the page. 

   

    

10. Click the Save button at the bottom of the page to save your changes.

    

     

11. Return to the Link Validator page and repeat steps 5-10 to fix each broken link.   
    
    Tip: After fixing links, you can use the Restart Link Validation button to check your work and remove them from the list.

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