New Rich Content Editor replaces the current editor from 16 January 2021

The New Rich Content Editor is an update to the previous Canvas Rich Content Editor. It provides a condensed, more intuitive toolbar that is grouped by common icons and interactions. It will replace the old editor in the Canvas release on 16 January 2021.

Canvas own detailed guides:

The following is a summary of the changes you will see in the new editor.

What Canvas Features Use the New Rich Content Editor?

The following Canvas features use the New Rich Content Editor:

Announcements
Assignments
Discussions
Pages
Quizzes
Syllabus

We recommend: You can explore the new editor by activating it in a course for example in one of your test/sandpit courses. You activate the new improved editor from the Settings page. See the bottom of this page.

Overview

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The New Rich Content Editor includes the content area and the toolbar.

In the content area, you can add and preview content that will be added to the page you are updating [1].

In the toolbar, you can format text or paragraphs [2]; insert links, images, media, and documents [3]; clear formatting [4]; add tables [5]; insert an equation [6]; or open external tools [7].

Text formatting

With the following icons you can format the text on your page. Remember to always "proper" headings (ie do not just use bold text). Heading 1 is always the same as the name of you page. If you change the Heading 1 on an existing page you will also change the link to the page.

Do NOT change the text formatting size.

text formatting icons

Clear text formatting

Text that you have copied from Word or Pingpong can often need to be "cleaned". The Clear formatting button removes all formatting from your text but does not remove links. avformatera

Insert links

insert objects

Insert external links eg to external website such as dn.se och insert a link to something in the course eg to pages, announcements, modules etc.
Insert an image: insert image that you upload from your computer, alternatively insert an image that has previously been uploaded to the course image bank.
Insert a link to media: Upload media including by recording directly into the page or inserting embed cod from eg Youtube, KI Play, alternatively insert a media that you have already uploaded to your course files.
Insert a link to a document or file by uploading it to your course or linking to a file you have already uploaded previously.

Insert "Apps" eg Youtube, Embed Kaltura Media m.m.

Infoga apps

To insert and embed a public Youtube film or embed a film from My Media in Canvas via Embed Kaltura Media click on the icon that looks like a plug (above image). This will open up the window where you can choose which app to insert.

Insert apps into your page

Test the new rich content editor before 16 January 2021 (teachers only)

If you want to test the new editor before it officially replaces the current editor then you can activate it via Settings (1) > Feature Options (2)> RCE Enhancements (3).

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