Web
Index public or internal web pages
Availability depends on your school's enabled tools, provider setup, and account permissions. These settings are managed in the web workspace. A class policy may restrict a feature described here.
How it works#
The Web Connector scrapes sites based on a base URL.
It only indexes files from the same domain and containing the same base path.
It will index pages reachable via hyperlinks from the base URL.
The text contents are cleaned up via some heuristics and some metadata such as the page Title is extracted.
Setting up#
Authorization#
As long as the page is reachable, no additional authorization is necessary.
Indexing#
Open Web connector#
Navigate to the Admin Panel and select the Web Connector.
Enter base URL and index#
Input the base URL to index and click on Index.
To see the status of the indexing, visit the Connectors Status page (top left).
Before using this source with students#
Start with approved course material. Check which documents the connector can retrieve and how it maps source permissions. Test with a student account and a teacher account before widening access. A successful sync does not prove that the intended class boundary is correct.
Use source troubleshooting when a document is missing or visible to the wrong audience.