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Embedded PDFs won't load
I am having an issue with the attached interactive. On slide 1.24 (Article) I have an embedded PDF. When I publish it to the web it works fine, but when I upload it to Canvas via SCORM the slide is blank. I need the PDF to open in the slide so learners will not have to navigate out of the interactive. I am uploading it as a gradable assignment in Canvas. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can make this work. I know that I have it embedded correctly but if you have any suggestions as to another way I can accomplish this it would be greatly appreciated. I did try embedding it with a direct link to the article but that did not work either. Here is the direct link to the article if you can figure it out https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14752409221115857.
Thanks!
Jerry Pitts
Hello Jerry,
Happy to help!
It looks like you have a webpage embedded instead of a PDF in Slide 1.24.
You'll notice in the file path that the embedded object is something called index.html and not a PDF. If you would like to display a PDF on the slide, you'll need to do the following:
- Host your PDF file on a file server. If you don't have access to one, please reach out to your IT staff to see if they could set one up for you.
- Add this PDF file as a web object in the slide.
If the PDF embedded is in the web page, unfortunately there isn't a way to modify this behavior since the browser settings determine if a link will open in a new tab or in a new window. You'll be able to control how a link opens via triggers:
But not when the hyperlink is part of an embedded web page. I'll let other members of the community chime in to see how the addressed a similar requirement!