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Google Sites for educators: Add an announcement banner for a quiz

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From @in30minutes, learn how to add an announcement banner to your Google Sites website. Length: about 4 minutes. Narrator Ian Lamont is the founder of i30 Media Corporation, publisher of GOOGLE DRIVE & DOCS IN 30 MINUTES.

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NOTE: This is not an official Google video, nor do I represent Alphabet Inc. Please review Google’s terms of service before using this feature. i30 Media Corporation cannot be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, arising out of or in connection with the use of this video.

Google Sites: Add stock or custom header images to page banners

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From @in30minutes, learn how to add a banner image in Google Sites, using stock or custom graphic files. Length: about 3 minutes. Narrator Ian Lamont is the founder of i30 Media Corporation, publisher of GOOGLE DRIVE & DOCS IN 30 MINUTES.

Web: https://in30minutes.com/?y
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2DTPiG4
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@in30minutes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/in30minutes

NOTE: This is not an official Google video, nor do I represent Alphabet Inc. Please review Google’s terms of service before using this feature. i30 Media Corporation cannot be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, arising out of or in connection with the use of this video.

Google Sites: How to import Google Drive files

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A reader recently asked about Google Sites. Her question: How could she import Google Drive files into Google Sites? Like many Google Sites users, her organization uses Google Sites for an intranet, and she wanted to bring some documents stored on Google Drive into the site. Is it possible to import documents into Google Sites?

The short answer: While it is possible to do this with Google Drive documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and drawings, as well as YouTube videos, other types of files are not supported (more on that, further down the page).

Let’s see how to bring a Google Drive file into Sites. It’s easy. If you are in “edit” mode for a page, or create a new page, click the “Insert” tab, and you’ll see a bunch of options to select Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets, Drawings, etc. Here are the import options:

Google Sites import Google Drive

The choices for Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets, and Drawings correspond to the Google Drive files associated with the same account. You can then browse until you find the Google Drive file you want to insert, and select it. It will then be embedded into the page.

However, you cannot add non-Google Drive file formats, such as Microsoft Word documents or Excel spreadsheets that you are storing in Google Drive. They either won’t be visible, or you’ll get an error message that says “The URL is not supported”. In addition, the Google Drive files you import into Google Sites have to be associated with the same Google account.