Rich Content Editor
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Canvas has a simple, yet powerful, content editor that is used for creating and editing course content, inserting links to documents, and embedding videos and multimedia.
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Key Takeaways
- The Edit button at the top right of a page takes you into the Rich Content Editor.
- The Rich Content Editor is used in features such as: Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, Pages, Quizzes, and Syllabus.
- Notice the buttons in the Rich Content Editor. Here you can quickly change the formatting of text and insert links, images, videos, and even math formulas.
Tips
- Instead of re-uploading existing documents, you can insert links to your migrated course files by going to Insert > Document > Course Documents, then search for the name of the file.
- If you'd like to insert a horizontal line to divide content, go to Insert > Horizontal Line.
- Did you notice that there is a button for Echo360? You can embed videos from your Echo360 library through this button.
Canvas Instructor Guides
Need more information? Check out these Canvas Guides:
- Rich Content Editor Guide Links to an external site.
- Creating Hyperlinks with the Rich Content Editor Links to an external site.
- View all topics on the Rich Content Editor in the Instructor Guides Links to an external site.
Try It!
Go to your Sandbox, find any page, then click on the Edit button. Practice using the Rich Content Editor by completing these tasks:
- Create space for a new section of content, add a title, and change the style from Paragraph to Heading 2.
- Insert an image in this new section and add Alt Text for accessibility.
- Type the name of an existing course document, then insert a link to that file. Go to Insert > Document > Course Documents, then search for a word in that file name.