Embed Editable Google Item in Canvas

You may embed an editable Google Doc, Sheet, or Slide into your Canvas course where your students can interact with and update the item according to your instructions.

Note: The embed code can be found in Step 13 below.

1

Log in to Google

 
2

Create the Doc / Spreadsheet you would like to embed in Canvas

example of a Google spreadsheet assignment

 
3

Click Share

arrow pointing at Share button in Google spreadsheet

 
4

Select Anyone with the link under General Access

anyone with link button preview

 
5

Change the role from Viewer to Editor

Change role to Editor preview

 
6

Click Copy Link

arrow pointing at Copy Link button in Google

 
7

Paste the URL where you can easily access the link later

 
8

Navigate to your Canvas course

 
9

Navigate to the Pages tab in the side menu

arrow pointing to Pages in Canvas tool navigation

 
10

Create a new page by clicking + Page

arrow pointing to + Page button

 
11

Give the page a title and description as necessary

 
12

Select Insert, then Embed

arrow pointing at embed in the insert tab

 
13

Copy and paste the following code into the window:

embed with code preview

 
14

Replace the "###" in the src with the link you copied from Google

Note: If the embed code doesn't work, paste the link and delete the quotation marks on either side.

google share code with iframe embed code preview

 
15

Click Submit

 
16

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save & Publish