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Linking to Articles, E-Books, and Videos: For Faculty: Linking in Laulima

How to create a link to articles and other content from library research databases.

Existing Links with the Special Laulima Prefix

If you are currently using links with the special Laulima proxy prefix "https://laulima.hawaii.edu/libproxy/lee/?", you need to replace them. To link to articles and e-books, use the standard proxy prefix described on the How to Link page. For streaming videos, follow the instructions in the box below.

Linking or Embedding Videos in Laulima

Use the share links as provided by the streaming services. Those that require the proxy prefix already include them. Kanopy and Swank videos should not include the proxy prefix.

Below are instructions for embedding streaming video players in various parts of a Laulima site. Special thanks to Kenwrick Chan for providing these instructions.

To Add a Link to the Left Menubar

Click on Site Info->Manage Tools->from the list off available tools scroll down then select the checkbox for "Web Content", then click on the "Continue" button.  Enter your info.

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Click on the "Continue" button the follow the dialog box path to add that link.  Your results should be similar to this:

Screenshot of web content shown in a Laulima screen

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To Add a Web Link in Resources

In Resources select "Add Web Links (URLs)"

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When the next page is presented, enter your URL and Website Name, then click on the "Add Web Links Now" button.

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You'll see the results in the Resource tool.

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Clicking on the resulting link will open up your content in a new window. If you click on the checkbox to select that file and in the "Actions" drop down menu bar select "Edit Details", you'll see the following options where you can tailor selective release and other various options.

Screenshot of Laulima Edit Details screen

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Displaying on a Lessons Page

In Lessons choose to option to "Embed content on page".

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On the resulting page enter your URL, then click on the "Save" button. Here we're using the Films on Demand example URL from the box above.

Note – If you have an iframe embedding code, do not enter the whole string. Use only the URL, after you substitute the prefix as directed in the box above.

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The resulting page will look similar to this. Laulima will make it's first attempt to try to display your content on the page.

Screenshot showing that the content failed to embed into the page

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It doesn't display so click on "Try other alternative" . It attempts to display your URL in an iFrame.

Screenshot showing the video player visible in the editing screen

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If you see the iFrame, click on the "Save" button to continue. The resulting page with Lessons displaying your results should look similar to this:

Lesson page with video player embedded

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