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Embed a file from SlideShare

You can show a file that you uploaded to SlideShare (Word, PowerPoint or Excel) inside your course content, so your students can see it without leaving your platform. This article is for platform admins.

Steps to embed a SlideShare file in a course​

After you upload the file to SlideShare, follow these steps:

  1. Click View for the file.

    The View button after uploading the file to SlideShare

  2. Click Embed.

    The Embed button on the file page in SlideShare

  3. Copy the link inside the src attribute of the embed code.

    The Embed presentation window with the link inside src selected

  4. Go to your platform dashboard.

  5. Go to the Courses page, then click Edit Curriculum on the course.

    The course card on the Courses page and the Edit Curriculum button

  6. On the Curriculum page, open a target you already have, or type a title in the Create target box to make a new one.

    The Curriculum page with the open target button and the Create target box

  7. In the target's Content tab, click Embeded Link.

    The target Content tab and the Embeded Link button

  8. Paste the link in the URL to Embed field, then click Save.

    The URL to Embed field with the SlideShare link and the Save button

    The SlideShare file embedded in the target content