How to embed documents in your blog (eg blogger)

Several people on the CAE 23 Things project wanted to know how to embed documents in their blog. There are a few ways.

(edublogs allows you to upload documents, but i’m not sure that blogger does. And David made the point that if he’s uploading all the time, he’ll use his storage quota in no time.)

The trick is to use an external service, eg Slideshare, iScribd, youtube, docstocs, yudu or google docs (your choice could depend on the kind of document).

  1. sign up to another web service (eg scribd, slideshare, youtube)
  2. upload your document to the other service, then
  3. embed the document in your blog post, using an “embed code” from that other service.
Examples include: 

    Some other suggestions out there on the web:

    (digital inspiration goes further too, with a post called “embed almost anything into your blog”)

    ..okay. i wonder if that helps. We haven’t looked at these “embed codes” yet.. perhaps we need a help video. 

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