Use the HTML content editor

The content editor is used throughout the course to create and edit text, images, hyperlinks, and HTML. For example, you use the content editor to create or edit questions and question feedback, provide students with comments, and send or respond to course mail messages.

To use the content editor:

1. Enter text in the content editor.
2. Select the toolbar buttons to format the text, insert images, hyperlinks, HTML code, tables, and more.

Notes:

• When copying and pasting from Microsoft Word documents, you must also use the Clean HTML Code button to remove tags inserted by Microsoft Word. You may also need to reformat text you paste from other text editors, such as Notepad.
• If you want to include the less than symbol (<), follow the symbol with a blank space or &lt;. This ensures that any characters you enter after the symbol can be viewed properly. This is especially true if the symbol is followed by letters (one < three) rather than numbers (1 < 3).

Toolbar buttons

Buttons are grouped by function. Click to view the available tools for each:

Tip: Point to a toolbar button to view a tool tip that explains what it does.

• Tools

   

  Click		To
  	Find	Search for characters in the text already entered in the editor.
  	Print	Print the content in the editor.
  	Preview	Preview how the content in the editor will appear in the course.
  	Help	View this Help topic for information on how to use the editor.

   

• Edit

   

  Click		To
  	Check Spelling	Check the spelling of the content in the editor.
  	Cut	Remove selected content from the editor and place it on the clipboard.
  	Copy	Copy selected content from the editor and place it on the clipboard.
  	Paste	Paste content from the clipboard to the editor.
  	Select All	Select all content in the editor.
  	Undo	Reverse the last action or delete the last entry you typed.
  	Redo	Reverse an Undo action.
  	Delete	Delete selected content from the editor.
  	Clean HTML Code	Clean up or remove unwanted HTML code. Content pasted from other applications may contain unwanted HTML code. In particular, use this option to clean text that you paste from Microsoft Word documents.
  	Show WYSIWYG/ Plain	Toggle between displaying content in WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) and edit mode.
  	Show HTML	See and edit the HTML code for the content in the editor.

   

• Insert

   

  Click		To
  	Insert Special Character/ Code	Insert special characters and codes.
  	Insert Media (Image, Flash, Java Applet)	Insert an image, Flash file, or Java applet.
  	Insert Media from Content Library	Insert media assets from the Course Materials Library.
  	Insert Link	Insert a link to an external URL or an asset in the Course Materials Library.
  	Insert URL	Insert a link to an asset in the course Course Materials Library.
  	Unlink	Remove a link without deleting the link text.
  	Insert Horizontal Rule	Insert a horizontal rule.
  	Record Audio	Record a message, if audio is enabled for the course. After you click this button, use the record button to record the message, and then click Save and Close. You can re-record or play back the audio by clicking the audio player in the content editor. For more information, see Use the audio feature.

   

• Text

   

  Click		To
  	Font Name	Change the font face. You can change the default font (Arial) using the HTML Editor opions on the course Preferences > General page.
  	Font Size	Change font size. You can change the default font size (10) using the HTML Editor options on the course Preferences > General page.
  	Bold	Apply bold formatting to text.
  	Italic	Apply italic formatting to text.
  	Underline	Apply underline formatting to text.
  	Justify Left	Left align text.
  	Justify Center	Center text.
  	Justify Right	Right align text.
  	Justify Full	Align text evenly on the left and right margins.
  	Numbered List	Create a numbered list.
  	Bulleted List	Create a bulleted list.
  	Indent	Increase the indent of a paragraph or text.
  	Outdent	Decrease the indent of a paragraph or text.
  	Text Color	Apply text color formatting. Select a color from the standard color palette or click More Colors to display the Color Selector palette. Select the color you want and click OK to apply the color to the selected text. You can also type the hexadecimal code of a particular color in the box provided.
  	Background Color	Apply background color formatting. Select a color from the standard color palette or click More Colors to display the Color Selector palette. Select the color you want and click OK to apply the color as the background color. You can also type the hexadecimal code of a particular color in the box provided.
  	Superscript	Apply superscript formatting to text.
  	Subscript	Apply subscript formatting to text.
  	Strikethrough	Apply strikethrough formatting to text.
  	Remove Format	Remove text formatting.
  	Character Palette	Inserts non-English characters in the editor. The character palette is only available if it has been enabled. For details, see Use the character palette.

   

• Tables

   

  Click		To
  	Insert Table	Insert a table.
  	Table Properties	Edit the properties of the table.
  	Insert Caption	Insert a caption for the table.
  	Insert Header Row	Insert a new table header row at the top of the table.
  	Insert Footer Row	Insert a new table footer row at the bottom of a table.
  	Insert Row Above	Insert a new row above the selected row.
  	Insert Row Below	Insert a new row below the selected row.
  	Row Properties	Edit table row properties.
  	Split Cell Rows	Split a cell into rows.
  	Delete Row	Delete the selected table row.
  	Insert Column Left	Insert a new column to the left of the selected column.
  	Insert Column Right	Insert a new column to the right of the selected column.
  	Column Properties	Edit the properties of the column.
  	Split Cell Columns	Split the cell into columns.
  	Delete Column	Delete the selected table column.
  	Insert Cell Left	Insert a new cell to the left of the selected cell.
  	Insert Cell Right	Insert a new cell to the right of the selected cell.
  	Split Cell	Split the cell into rows and columns.
  	Merge Cells	Merge table cells into a single cell.
  	Cell Properties	Edit the table cell properties.
  	Delete Cell	Delete the selected table cell.

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