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Embedding from Penn State Services
UCS Calendar
To embed a UCS Calendar:
- Sign into UCS and navigate to the Calendar tab
- In the Calendars pane click on the Calendar to embed (it will now be highlighted)
- Click the black triangle to the right of the selected calendar (doing so will open a pop-up options box)
- In the pop-up, select Share Calendar (this will open a Share Properties dialog box)
- Click on the View: link in the URL box (this will open the HTML view of the calendar to share in a new tab or window)
- Copy the URL onto a line of its own in the Post or Page you want to embed the calendar in
Here is what a sample UCS Calendar embed link looks like:
https://ucs.psu.edu/home/abcxyz1234567@psu.edu/Sample%20Calendar.html
Penn State Yammer Network
To embed a Penn State Yammer group:
- Navigate to the Yammer group to be embedded
- Copy the URL of the Yammer group onto a line of its own in the Post or Page you want to embed the group in
Here is what a sample Yammer group embed link looks like:
https://www.yammer.com/psu.edu/#/threads/inGroup?type=in_group&feedId=1234567
To embed a Penn State Yammer topic
- Navigate to the Yammer topic to be embedded
- Copy the URL of the Yammer topic onto a line of its own in the Post or Page you want to embed the group in
Here is what a sample Yammer topic embed link looks like:
https://www.yammer.com/psu.edu/topics/229618#/Threads/AboutTopic?type=about_topic&feedId=229618
Box
To embed a Box file:
- Navigate to the Box file to be embedded
- Click on Share link (this will open a pop-up box)
- Click the Embed button
- Copy the Embed code into the Page or Post you want to embed the file in
To embed a Box Upload Widget:
- Navigate inside the folder to be embedded as the upload widget
- Click the More button. When the dropdown appears, click Share
- Click the Embed button
- Copy the Embed code into the Page or Post you want to embed the file in
Voicethread
To embed a Public or Penn State specific Voicethread:
- Navigate to the Voicethread to be embedded
- Click on the name of the Voicethread or the hamburger menu in the top left corner (a menu will open)
- Click Share (this will open a dialog box)
- Select the Link option on the left and click the Copy Link button to copy the Voicethread URL to the clipboard
- Paste the URL onto a line of its own in the Post or Page you want to embed the Voicethread in
Here is what a sample public Voicethread embed link looks like:
http://voicethread.com/share/425796/
A Penn State specific Voicethread embed link looks like:
https://psu.voicethread.com/share/1234567/
MediaCore
To embed a Penn State MediaCore video:
- Navigate to the MediaCore video to be embedded
- Copy the URL of the MediaCore video onto a line of its own in the Post or Page you want to embed the video in
Here is what a sample MediaCore video embed link looks like:
http://pennstate.mediacore.tv/media/one-button-studio
Qualtrics
To embed a Penn State Qualtrics survey:
- Navigate to the Qualtrics survey to be embedded
- Copy the URL of the Qualtrics survey onto a line of its own in the Post or Page you want to embed the video in