# Embed lessons, recordings, whiteboards & quizzes

> Five typed embeds. Live references, not snapshots — when the source artifact changes, every doc embedding it shows the latest.

Last updated 2026-05-24 · Source: https://prolaud.com/help/docs-embed-artifacts

## The five embeds

- Lesson — a card linking to any lesson in any course
- Recording — a past-class recording, optionally timestamped to a specific moment
- Whiteboard — a click-to-open preview of a canvas
- Quiz — a card pointing at a quiz from your bank
- Doc — cross-link to another doc (backlinks are automatic)

## How to insert one

Type '/' to open the slash menu, then start typing the embed type ('lesson', 'recording'…) or scroll to the 'Embeds from your academy' group. Click one and we open a searchable picker across every embeddable artifact in your workspace — pick the one you want and the card lands in your doc at the cursor.

## Why these are LIVE references

Every embed stores only an id, not a snapshot. If a recording gets new chapters, a quiz gets two more questions, or a whiteboard gets re-saved, every doc embedding it shows the latest — automatically. No copy-paste rot.

## When the source disappears

Deleted artifacts don't crash the doc. The embed renders a graceful '⚠ this embed pointed to a recording that no longer exists' stub, so you know what's missing and can replace or remove it.

## Backlinks come free

Every embed writes an edge in the universal ReferenceEdge table. Open any recording/whiteboard/quiz and the right rail's Links tab shows every doc referencing it — no tags to maintain, no manual cross-links.

> **Note:** The Doc editor's right rail has a 'Links' tab that shows what THIS doc embeds (forward links) and what embeds THIS doc (backlinks). Two-way graph, zero config.

## Related

- [Create your first doc](https://prolaud.com/help/docs-create-your-first)
- [AI-generate a study guide from any class](https://prolaud.com/help/docs-ai-study-guide)