From the Discussion Board area in your Blackboard course, click Create Thread and paste your link in the message box. This process should also work in any Blackboard course message box:
- Expand the text box editor
- Highlight pasted link
- Click hyperlink icon
Clicking on the hyperlink icon will display the Insert/edit link window:
- Text to display – change this as needed.
- Open link in – change to New window or link may not open correctly.
Click Save.