Article summary: This guide explains how to integrate your Speakap news feed directly into your SharePoint environment. This allows headquarters and desk-based employees who primarily use SharePoint to stay engaged with important company updates without leaving their existing daily workflow.
1. Understanding the Integration
Speakap recognizes that different employee groups have different digital routines. For teams whose daily work centers around SharePoint, engagement with a separate communication platform can sometimes naturally decrease. To bridge this communication gap, the Speakap News web part lets you display the latest news items from your Speakap network natively within your custom SharePoint pages.
2. Installing the News Web Part
The installation process takes place entirely within your existing SharePoint environment. No complex or technical configuration is required on the Speakap side—you simply need to embed the correct targeting URL.
Step-by-Step Installation:
- Log into your company's SharePoint environment and navigate directly to the page where you want to add the news feed.
- Create a new web part section.
⚠️ Important Requirement: You must explicitly select the Embed web part type. The feed will not function correctly with alternative or default container configurations.
- When prompted to enter the Website address or embed code, copy and paste the following iFrame code snippet:
HTML
<iframe src="https://YOURNETWORKNAME.speakap.com/snippets/news" width="100%" height="790px" frameBorder="0" style="border: 0;"></iframe>
Modify the Code: Ensure you replace YOURNETWORKNAME in the snippet above with the exact domain prefix of your unique Speakap network.- Save and publish your updated SharePoint page.
3. Using the Web Part
Once the web part is active on your live page, users will see a personalized Speakap news feed aligned with their standard permissions.
- Authentication: To view targeted news items, employees must be signed into their Speakap accounts.
- Single Sign-On (SSO): If your organization utilizes an active SSO configuration for Speakap, users will automatically log in and experience seamless content mapping.
- Manual Login: If SSO is not enabled, a one-time Speakap login container will render directly inside the SharePoint web part. Users simply enter their standard Speakap credentials (username/email and password) to authenticate.