Embedding Google Docs to your Learning Log

You can now embed any Google Doc to your Learning Log. This might be particularly helpful instead of linking to a published Google Doc.

WordPress.com support provides detailed information on how to access the embed code: http://en.support.wordpress.com/google-docs.

For any embeddable object to be visible to readers, you need to make it publish or publish it. This ability to embed Google Docs makes it very handy to embed spreadsheets, presentations, documents, just about anything you have in your Google Docs collections.

If you are using the NEW look of Google Docs, then the Publish feature is now in the File menu. Yeah, digital literacy is all about adapting to change!

Below is an example of a Google Docs presentation embedded on a post:

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About Barbara Schroeder

Hi! I'm a Clinical Associate Professor with the Department of Educational Technology at Boise State University. I teach online courses, write about technology for this and other blogs, co-host a weekly Cool Teacher Podcast with Chris Haskell, and do technology consulting. I am currently co-authoring a book with Chris Haskell, The Cool Teacher Cookbook: Technology Recipes for Your Classroom. Please feel free to drop me a note at bschroed@boisestate.edu.
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