How do I connect a monitor, article, message, or walkthrough to a context in the Impact Dashboard?
With Impact, you can create monitors, articles, messages, and walkthroughs and connect them to contexts within your LMS.
You can also connect a message, article, or walkthrough to a context when creating or editing one. To learn more about how to connect a message to a context please read this article. To learn more about how to connect an article to a context, please read this article. To learn more about how to connect a walkthrough to a context, please read this article.
Open Contexts
![Open Contexts](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/098/553/original/2f9062d5-f58a-4742-bce5-5eca45dc7a6e.png)
In Global Navigation, click the Settings icon [1]. Then hover the cursor over the Settings menu [2] and click the Contexts link [3].
Edit Context
![Edit Context](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/981/262/original/8ad503f6-b8c6-4e16-9bb5-63220dbf8fae.png)
Click the Edit button.
Note: Local contexts are able to be edited. You will not be able to edit Out of the Box contexts.
Connect Existing Monitor
![Connect Existing Monitor](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/981/264/original/bed78caa-724c-4b9e-a22e-a922d2d1c7d3.png)
Click the Connect Existing Monitor button.
![Connect Monitor](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/981/266/original/044a9082-12f5-4aed-b66e-51da34547caf.png)
Locate the monitor(s) you want to connect. To connect monitors, click the checkbox next to the name [1].
Click the Connect Monitors button [2].
Connect Support Articles
![Connect Support Articles](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/981/268/original/9032be50-0307-44ae-934a-76048a696d9c.png)
Click the Connect Existing Article button.
![Connect Article](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/981/270/original/15602255-0a7c-4a76-8e17-cc801b72027a.png)
Locate the article(s) you want to connect. To connect articles, click the checkbox next to the name [1].
Click the Connect Articles button [2].
Connect Messages
![Connect Messages](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/981/272/original/34e52e96-5d91-4577-8d15-88e6ba406506.png)
Click the Connect Existing Message button.
![Connect Message](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/981/274/original/359f2881-ae9f-460d-81e5-9198bd0662a4.png)
Locate the message(s) you want to connect. To connect messages, click the checkbox next to the name [1].
Click the Connect Messages button [2].
Connect Support Center Category
![Connect Support Center Category](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/981/276/original/cd458be3-18ae-4f6f-ae11-2c9792f9268e.png)
Click the Connect Existing Category button.
![Link Category](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/981/278/original/e3d9f4a6-177d-468b-827d-57117b2fc14b.png)
To connect a category, click the name of the category [1].
Click the Link Category button [2].
Connect Walkthroughs
![Connect Walkthroughs](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/981/280/original/028a3bf8-2ff4-46ec-a7ec-aa45255ba347.png)
Click the Connect Existing Walkthrough button.
![Connect Walkthrough](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/981/282/original/bc7f48ca-2f0a-404a-86ed-783f9caf30c4.png)
Locate the walkthrough(s) you want to connect. To connect walkthrough, click the checkbox next to the name [1].
Click the Connect Walkthroughs button [2].