{"id":6710,"date":"2018-03-02T09:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T09:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=6710"},"modified":"2018-08-03T15:13:04","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T14:13:04","slug":"canvas-highlights-4-rich-content-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/03\/02\/canvas-highlights-4-rich-content-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas highlights 4. Rich Content Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Canvas-Highlights-4-Rich-Content-Editor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6708\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Canvas-Highlights-4-Rich-Content-Editor.jpg\" alt=\"Canvas Highlights 4. Rich Content Editor\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Canvas-Highlights-4-Rich-Content-Editor.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Canvas-Highlights-4-Rich-Content-Editor-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Canvas-Highlights-4-Rich-Content-Editor-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Canvas-Highlights-4-Rich-Content-Editor-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Canvas-Highlights-4-Rich-Content-Editor-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Canvas-Highlights-4-Rich-Content-Editor-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Canvas-Highlights-4-Rich-Content-Editor-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Canvas-Highlights-4-Rich-Content-Editor-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Canvas-Highlights-4-Rich-Content-Editor-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Canvas-Highlights-4-Rich-Content-Editor-900x506.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em\">[note: this post has been updated to reflect a terminology change on the Sussex Canvas VLE, to align it to Sussex terminology]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this weeks &#8216;Canvas Highlights&#8217; we take a look at the Rich Content Editor. This represents the set of uniform tools which are available\u00a0across the Canvas system when creating and editing your content; from entering text to inserting graphics, maths equations, multimedia based content and more.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8b39os8xJ84?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Typical of Canvas, a simple, but intuitive and efficient workflow required for a great user-experience is at the heart of the rich-content editor.<\/p>\n<p>Canvas includes all of the typical features of a rich-content-editor, such as the ability to add basic text-formatting, change font-size and colour, produce data tables, insert web-links, images and video content. It also includes a number of unique features for creating bespoke educational content.<\/p>\n<p>Notable features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Side menu for quick access to inserting web-links to existing files, images, activities and assignments in your module.<\/li>\n<li>Integration with Flickr repository. Search and insert creative commons licensed images from the Flickr repository without having to leave your Canvas module.<\/li>\n<li>Add audio-visual content by creating on-the-fly recordings directly from your microphone or web-cam.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that your content is readable, presentable and user friendly to all of your students with the in-built accessibility checker.<\/li>\n<li>Create maths equations using the graphic menu of symbols or by typing LaTeX into the editor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on the rich-content editor see also the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/community\/answers\/guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canvas community help pages<\/a>\u00a0for an in depth look at how to make the most out of this essential and powerful tool in your new VLE.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-6710\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/03\/02\/canvas-highlights-4-rich-content-editor\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-6710\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/03\/02\/canvas-highlights-4-rich-content-editor\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/03\/02\/canvas-highlights-4-rich-content-editor\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/03\/02\/canvas-highlights-4-rich-content-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-6710\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/03\/02\/canvas-highlights-4-rich-content-editor\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/03\/02\/canvas-highlights-4-rich-content-editor\/?share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[note: this post has been updated to reflect a terminology change on the Sussex Canvas VLE, to align it to Sussex terminology] In this weeks &#8216;Canvas Highlights&#8217; we take a look at the Rich Content Editor. 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