Creating a link to a Google Document
Google Documents are available for those with a Gmail account or those with a Stony Brook email address.
To use your Google Apps for Education Stony Brook account go to:
stonybrook.edu/mycloud and log in with your NetID and password and click 'Login.'
Click on the Apps icon in the upper right hand corner, which is next to your email address.
Click on the 'Drive' icon.
Create a Google document and copy and paste (using 'Ctrl c' to copy / 'Ctrl v' to paste) your essay into the Google document. This will give you easy editing access to your document later without having to readjust hyperlinks or sharing settings when updating content in the Google Document.
Click 'Share' and when prompted to title your document, give your document a title (e.g. Textual Analysis).
You will need to change the privacy settings from your document from 'Private' to 'Anyone with a link can view.' Click on ‘Advanced’ to access the Sharing Settings window and click ‘Change.’ Select the correct link sharing access and click ‘Save’.
Review that the settings are correct, and copy the URL and click 'Done.'
To add a hyperlink to the Text Module of an ePortfolio, there must be an object to turn into the hyperlink. Write and/or select the text that will become the hyperlink. Select the text and click on the 'Hyperlink' button.
Paste the Google Document sharing URL under ‘Link URL’, set the target to 'Open in a new window' and give your link a description and click 'Insert.'
Click ‘Save’, ‘Publish’, and confirm the publishing of the module. You may click ‘View Text’ to test the link.
