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 understands that different employee groups have different digital routines. For teams whose work is centered around SharePoint, engagement with the Speakap platform can sometimes be lower. To bridge this gap, the Speakap News web part displays the latest news items from your Speakap network directly within your SharePoint pages.
2. Installing the news web part
The installation process takes place entirely within your SharePoint environment. No technical configuration is required on the Speakap side; you simply need to embed the correct URL.
Step-by-step installation:
- Log in to your SharePoint environment and navigate to the page where you want to add the news feed.
- Create a new web part. You must select the Embed web part type, as the feed will not function correctly with other types.
- When prompted to enter the Website address or embed code, paste the following iFrame code:
<iframe src="https://YOURNETWORKNAME.speakap.com/snippets/news" width="100%" height="790px" frameBorder="0" style="border: 0;"></iframe> - Important: Replace YOURNETWORKNAME in the code above with the actual domain prefix of your Speakap network.
- Save and publish the SharePoint page.
3. Using the web part
Once the web part is installed, users will see their personalized Speakap news feed directly on the SharePoint page.
- Authentication: To see news items, users must be signed into their Speakap account.
- Single Sign-On (SSO): If your organization uses SSO for Speakap, users should be logged in automatically.
- Manual Login: If SSO is not enabled, users will see a one-time Speakap login screen within the SharePoint web part. They should use their standard Speakap credentials (username/email and password) to sign in.