7. Text Editor

For some of the activities, you can enter text through a basic text editor. When you first open the activity, such as a forum, it will show the very basic editing bar like the image below. This acts as a basic text editor. You can change the paragraph style (A), include bold font (B), or italicized font (I). You may have a bulleted or numbered list and indent or outdent a paragraph. You may link text to an external source and unlink it if you change your mind.

Basic editor for entering text with character formatting, lists, links and file adding.

To see an extended version of this editor, click on the down arrow (highlighted in red). You will then see an editing bar similar to the one here.

Extended editor with additional features such as tables and other formatting.

You now have additional formatting options, such as underline and strikethrough as well as alignment and inserting a table.

The three buttons highlighted in red allow you to (from left to right) upload a picture, embed a video, or upload a document. If there are participants with visual imparities in your class, you can check accessibility with two icons just before the last button.