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Embedding)and)Linking)to)a)Google)Doc)and)
Sheet)in)Blackboard)
Embedding!a!Google!Doc!in!Blackboard!
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Note:&These&steps&are&the&same&for&embedding&a&Google&Sheet&
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1. Login!to!your!Google!account!and!open!your!
Google!Drive.!Click!on!New,!then!Google)Docs.!!
2. Create!your!Google!Doc.!A!previously!created!
Google!Doc!can!also!be!used.!!
3. Click!File,!and!then!select!Publish)to)the)web…!
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4. In!the!new!window,!click!the!Embed!tab!and!select!Publish.!!
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5. Copy!the!Embed!code.!
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6. Navigate!back!to!your!course!in!Blackboard!where!you!
want!to!insert!the!form.!!
7. Go!to!the!content!area!where!you!want!to!add!the!form!
(Documents,!Assignments,!etc.)!
8. Click!Build)Content,!and!then!select!Item.!!
9. Name!the!Item,!and!click!HTML!from!the!text!editor.!
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10. This!will!open!a!new!
window.!Paste!the!embed!
code!into!the!box!and!
click!Update.!
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11. Select!Submit)when!finished.!
12. The!Google!Doc!is!now!embedded!in!Blackboard.!The!document!will!appear!li ke!the!
example!below.!!
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13. This!embedded!Google!Document!with!default!to!the!size!below.!If!you!wish!you!ch ange!
the!size!of!the!document,!click!the!grey!drop!down!arrow!next!to!the!name!of!the!item!
and!select!Edit.)!
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14. Select!HTML)from!the!text!editor.!This!will!open!a!new!window!(where!the!embed!code!
was!pasted).!To!change!the!size!to!a!regular!sized!document,!change!the!width)to)100%,!
and!the!height)to)“1000px”.!Select!Update!when!finished,!and!then!Submit.!
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15. The!Google!Doc!will!now!appear!in!your!course!as!a!full-sized!document.!!
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NOTE:&The&Google&Doc&embedded&in&your&course&does&not&automatically&update&when&
changes&are&made&to&the&Google&Doc.&If&you&plan&on&making&changes&to&the&Google&Doc&after&
embedding&it&in&your&course,&it&is&recommended&that&the&link&to&the&Google&Doc&be&posted&in&
the&course,&rather&than&embedding&it.&&
Linking!to!a!Google!Doc!in!Blackboard!
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Note:&These&steps&are&the&same&for&embedding&a&Google&Sheet&
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1. Login!to!your!Google!account!and!open!your!
Google!Drive.!Click!on!New,!then!Google)Docs.!!
2. Create!your!Google!Doc.!A!previously!created!
Google!Doc!can!also!be!used.!!
3. Click!File,!and!then!select!Publish)to)the)web…!
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4. In!the!new!window,!select!Publish.!
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5. Copy!the!link!
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6. Navigate!back!to!your!course!in!Blackboard!where!you!
want!to!insert!the!Google!Doc.!
7. Go!to!the!content!area!where!you!want!to!add!the!
form!(Documents,!Assignments,!etc.)!
8. Click!Build)Content,!and!then!select!Web)Link!
9. Type!in!a!name!for!the!document,!and!paste!the!link!
into!the!URL!field!
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10. Click!Submit)when!finished.!!
11. The!Link!to!the!Google!Doc!is!
not!in!your!course,!and!will!
appear!like!the!example!below.!To!get!to!the!document,!students!need!to!click!on!the!
name.!!
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