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Adding A Downloadable PDF

You can simply attach the file to the page using the button:

However, this will require students to download the PDF and have to open it on their machine locally which may be more troublesome for the students. (relies on them having a working PDF reader installed, and can look inconsistent between readers, etc. )

With attaching a PDF this way, this will be the end result:

Embedding From Google Docs

In this example I'll go into my Google Docs and create a document just using a template with filler text.

Once you have your document ready, select File, Publish To Web in Google Docs.

Choose Embed instead of link. Embed will give you the code to embed the file, such as this:

Now on your Blackboard Course, create a new learning activity, and select Page under the "Resources" tab.

In the Page Content, click the Down arrow to open up the advanced options:

Now click the </> button to enter HTML Editing mode:

Here is where you will paste the embed code you got from publishing your document in Google Docs.

Important: You'll want to change the code to add height and width or it will look like a small box that won't be very useful. Add it just after the word first word "<iframe "

You can try adding the following and make adjustments if needed:

width="100%" height="600"

Original:

New:

TODO: Go into details of the Page part being open by default

End Result: