[ARCHIVED] Embed a QR code in a Canvas page?

[jcolemanwasik]

I am working with some websites that allow me to "Create a QR code for this page" when I right click on an image. Can I embed these QR codes in a Canvas page to direct my students to the webpage/image of interest? Or can I actually use the QR code to embed an image of interest? For example the page I am interested in at the moment visualizes USGS data of US Water Withdrawals (https://labs.waterdata.usgs.gov/visualizations/water-use-15/embed-water-use-15.html#view=USA&categor...)

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi @jcolemanwasik ...

I would imagine that you could download a copy of the QR code (maybe it's a JPG or PNG file) to your computer and then upload it to a content page in your course.  That would probably be the easiest method.  You could use this Guide to help along the way:

• How do I upload and embed an image in the Rich Con... - Instructure Community

Or, if you had embed code from another site, you could harvest that embed code and add it into a content page using this Guide:

• How do I embed media from an external source in th... - Instructure Community

Hopefully one of these resources will be of help to you.  Sing out if you have any other questions about this...thanks!