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Instructiona606
Community Member
1 day ago

Putting a PDF viewer in a Rise 360 course

Hello! I have a 55-page document that I would like people to be able to download or scroll through within the course. I know how to add it as an attachment for them to download, but I'd like a pdf viewer so they can "preview" it, basically.

I have found how to do this within Storyline and a third-party subscription-based tool but haven't found anything for Rise.

Thanks! 

 

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  • Nedim's avatar
    Nedim
    Community Member
    14 hours ago

    If your PDF is hosted online and accessible via a direct PDF URL, you can use the Google Docs PDF Viewer by inserting it into a <iframe> <Code> block like this:

    <iframe
  src="https://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=https://your-pdf-file.pdf"
  width="100%"
  height="800"
  frameborder="0">
</iframe>

    You can also store PDF files as assets within Rise by using an Attachment block, which allows you to securely host files directly in the lesson without needing an external web server. Create a new course (e.g., Dummy Repository Assets) and open a lesson. Insert Media → Attachment and upload your file from your computer.

    Once uploaded, you can preview and download the file. Then use the generated file URL with a Google Docs PDF Viewer in the script shown above.