Adding a Slides Carousel to a Canvas Page

  1. Create the Google Slides file that you will be using for the slide show. 
  2. From that file, click File > Share > Publish to Web.
  3. Switch from Link to Embed at the top of the settings window. 
  4. Review and adjust your other settings accordingly - size, auto-advance, loop, etc. 
  5. Click Publish.
  6. This will generate an iFrame code - a long string of numbers, letters, and symbols that will display the slide deck using HTML. Highlight the entire iFrame code and click copy (or use the keyboard command control/command + C).
  7. Open the desired course in Canvas. Select the Pages tool from the left-hand menu, then click the + Page button. 
  8. Add a title to the page, then click in the large text box in the center of the page (called the Rich Content Editor). There is an icon on the bottom right-hand side of the Rich Content Editor that has the following symbols: </>. This will open the HTML editor. 
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  9. Once the HTML editor is open, paste the iframe code into the text box. It should look similar to the example below. 
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  10. You can now toggle back to the Rich Content Editor by clicking the </> button on the bottom right-hand side. This will display a preview of the slide show and allow you to add any additional content (text, video, photos, additional slide shows, etc.) to the Canvas Page. 
  11. Be sure to click Save at the bottom of the page (or Save & Publish if you are ready for students to see the Page in a live course). 
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