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Goal

After reading this article players will be able to: 
  • navigate the Virtual Desktop
  • understand Website Search 
  • share articles 
  • understand the hover on URL feature


Summary

Websites/News Channel is a dedicated channel that emulates an internet browser. In this familiar format players can use the web channel just like the regular web

 Name
Websites/News Channel
 Benefit
Reproduce an online ecosystem based on websites from a secure and protected environment for training.
 Features
  • Use the address bar to search custom URLs and descriptions 
  • Copy and share URLs directly 
  • Reorder/reorganize tabs 
  • Use back/forth button for websites to navigate back and forward within websites 
  • Hover on URLs to reveal the actual URL

Websites/News in the Virtual Desktop


In the Websites/News channel players can access customized websites. They will look as realistic as you want.







Note: This feature is licence-dependent and may not be available with your licence.

Players can search for terms on shown or hidden websites.

If Search Engine is enabled in your Conducttr license, players will be able to access it by clicking the channel in their Virtual desktop.


In article-based websites players can search for any term used in Title, Subtitle or Body in any new article.



When players type an invalid URL which hasn't been added to the exercise, a 'No results found' page will appear as the following:





Sharing articles


In article-based websites, you can share articles within the exercise. Click the Share icon at the top right corner of any article to share on available channels for your exercise

All website links are persistent and work across all channels. Whether you copy a link from the website, paste it into the address bar, or when you click to share article, both the URL and generated short link will be persistent. 





About Copy link and External link

Copy link generates an internal link that can be pasted anywhere in your exercise and it will link to the referenced article. It will not work outside the Virtual Desktop.

External link generates a link that can be used outside the Virtual Desktop, can be referenced in reports or any other exercise documentation. 

Hover on URL

Participants can investigate potential phishing emails by verifying the legitimacy of a link by hovering over it to reveal the actual URL.