Web Content

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The Web Content tool allows site owners to choose a website to display within the CLEW frame. The Web Content item is added to the left menu.

Contents 1 Key concepts 2 Add, Edit, or Delete a Web Content Item 2.1 Adding a Web Content Item to a Course or Project Site 2.2 Adding a Web Content Item to My Workspace 2.3 Editing a Web Content Item 2.4 Deleting a Web Content item 3 Deleting a Web Content Item using My WorkSpace 4 Deleting a Web Content Item using Site Editor 5 Things to consider 6 Examples or ideas for "Web Content" 7 Related Articles

Key concepts

Links: To set up Web Content links, you can specify the URL for any website and a brief descriptive title. A link will appear in the left menu with the title you've chosen; when you click the link, the website will open within your worksite. You may add multiple Web Content links to your left menu.

Add, Edit, or Delete a Web Content Item

You can add web content to the left menu of your course or project site if you have the appropriate permissions. Anyone can add web content items to My Workspace. For additional instructions on editing or removing items from your site, see Site Editor.

On this page:

• Adding a Web Content Item to a Course or Project Site
• Adding a Web Content Item to My Workspace
• Editing a Web Content Item
• Deleting a Web Content Item

For additional instructions on using web content in your site, see Working with web links in Resources in Resources.

Adding a Web Content Item to a Course or Project Site

1. In the relevant course or project site, click Site Editor.
2. Click Edit Tools.
3. Check the box next to Web Content. (If your site already contains Web Content items, they will be listed with the title you gave them, or "Web Content" if you did not change the title, although you should see an additional empty box labeled Web Content; check this one.)
4. Click Continue.
   

   

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5. On the Add Multiple Tool Instances screen you will see fields where you can enter information for a new item, as follows:
   • In the Title: field, add a title.
   • In the URL: field, enter a URL after the "http://" that already appears in the field.
   • If you'd like to add more than one item, select the appropriate number of items from the More Web Content Tools? drop-down menu.
6. Click Continue. You will see information about the changes you have made to your site. Click Finish, or, if you would like to make further changes, click Back. Click Cancel to cancel your changes.

Adding a Web Content Item to My Workspace

1. From My Workspace, click Worksite Setup.
2. On the Worksite Setup page, you will see all your sites listed. To add a Web Content Item to My Workspace, check the box next to My Workspace. To add a link to Web Content to one of the sites that you manage, check the box next to the site's name.
3. Click Edit. On the next page, click Edit Tools.
4. Check the box next to Web Content. (If your site already contains links to Web Content, they will be listed with the title you gave them, or "Web Content" if you did not change the title, although you should see an additional empty box labeled Web Content; check this one.) Click Continue.
5. On the Add Multiple Tool Instances screen, enter the following information:
   • In the Title: field, add a title.
   • In the URL field, enter an URL after the "http://" that already appears in the field. If you'd like to add more than one item, select the appropriate number of items from the More Web Content Tools? drop-down menu.
6. Click Continue. You will see information about the changes you have made to your site. Click Finish, or, if you would like to make further changes, click Back. Click Cancel to cancel your changes.

You should now see a link to the Web Content Item in the menubar with the title you provided.

Editing a Web Content Item

To edit an existing link to Web Content:

1. In your site's left menu, click the title of the appropriate Web Content Item.
2. Near the top of the Web Content frame, click Options.
3. On the Customize Web Content form, you can change the the following:
   • Tool Title: The title that appears at the top of the Web Content frame
   • Page Title: The title that appears in your site's menubar
   • Frame Height: The height (in pixels) of the Web Content frame
   • URL: The URL for the link to the Web Content
4. To make your Web Content open in a new browser window, check the box next to Open in new window? .
5. When you're finished, click Update Options to save your changes, or Cancel to cancel your changes.

Deleting a Web Content item

Web Content items can be deleted using "Worksite Setup" in "My Worksite" or from within a particular site using "Site Editor".

Deleting a Web Content Item using My WorkSpace

1. To delete a Web Content Item, click My Workspace, and then click Worksite Setup.
2. If you want to remove a Web Content Item from a course or project site, check the box next to the name of the site. If you want to remove a Web Content Item from My Workspace, check the box next to My Workspace. (Note: You can only edit one site at a time, so do not check multiple boxes.)
3. Click Edit. Then click Edit Tools.
4. From the list of Course Site Tools, uncheck the item you wish to delete, and then click Continue. Review your information on the confirmation screen, and then click Finish to delete the item.

Deleting a Web Content Item using Site Editor

1. Enter the relevant site and then click Site Editor.
2. Click Edit Tools.
3. From the list of "Course Site Tools", uncheck the item you wish to delete, and then click Continue.
4. On the "Confirming site tools edits" screen, review your information, and then click Finish to delete the item.

Note: If the Web Content link still appears in the site's left menu, click Home to refresh the menu.

Things to consider

• Alternatively you can add links to Web Content in the Resources tool.
• If you want to provide many links to websites for your course or project participants, you can avoid cluttering your left menu by listing most of them in the Resources section.
• Some web sites may have coding that prevents them from opening within a frame (i.e., the page will take over the whole browser when you click the link, rather than displaying within the application).

Examples or ideas for "Web Content"

• Add a frequently used website in your left menu that relates to your discipline, (i.e. Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario), or your publisher's site to your course:
  1. Enter your course and go to Site Editor > Edit Tools
  2. Check-off "Web Content" press Continue at the bottom
  3. Enter the Name you would like to see on the left menu, and paste in the corresponding website address
  4. Press Continue to add the content and then press Continue again to confirm the tool's addition to the course.
  5. You will then have a direct link to the site you added to your course.
• Provide a direct link to an item in your Resources tool, like the course outline or other starting point.
  • Some instructors take the next step of hiding the Resources tool from students.
• Departments, collaborations, or other groups may use the Web Content tool to provide a prominent link to their public worksite.
• Links to specific library content
• Link to a frequently used video

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