What is the Web Content tool?
The Web Content tool allows Instructors to create a link to a web site in the Tool Menu of the site. By default, the link opens a re-direct page that allows the web site to be opened in a new window. If the the link to a web site is within the Sakai instance domain (e.g. university.edu), instructors may be able to configure the tool to launch the website within the tool rather than as a separate window.
Instructors can also use the Web Content tool to create a tool link to a folder or a file in Resources. Any changes to the resources folder or file will be reflected when the Web Content tool ink is clicked.
Example of a Web Content link to a website.
![Example of a Web Content link to a website.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/910/658/original/4bdeed88-6f1b-4ea7-b256-f14ad4a59a31.png)
Note that by default the web content link will be automatically launched in a new window.
Example of a Web Content link to a folder in Resources.
![Example of a Web Content link to a folder in Resources.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/910/660/original/99332e44-dcc7-4859-8d33-87e5b4ab5df8.png)