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How to D2L, pt. 5 of 10: Embedding Google Forms into your pages
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Published: 11/23/11
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported
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Problem of practice

You're using the iLearn platform for most of your content, but you still love Google forms for student surveys or quick questions. What to do?

Solution

Embed Google forms straight into your posts using embed code and the "Insert Stuff" tag.

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